Description
Wordpress 1.5 through 2.3.1 uses cookie values based on the MD5 hash of a password MD5 hash, which allows attackers to bypass authentication by obtaining the MD5 hash from the user database, then generating the authentication cookie from that hash.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- fedoraproject / fedora7 – 7
- fedoraproject / fedora8 – 8
- WordPress / WordPress1.5 – 2.3.1
References
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html
- MISChttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt
- MISChttp://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367
- MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28310
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980
- MISChttp://osvdb.org/40801
- MISChttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27714