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5.3	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in WordPress up to 4.8.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file wp-includes/pluggable.php of the component Password Hash. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability (MD5). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WordPress through 4.8.2 uses a weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging access to the hash values. NOTE: the approach to changing this may not be fully compatible with certain use cases, such as migration of a WordPress site from a web host that uses a recent PHP version to a different web host that uses PHP 5.2. These use cases are plausible (but very unlikely) based on statistics showing widespread deployment of WordPress with obsolete PHP versions.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2012. The weakness was disclosed 10/19/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at core.trac.wordpress.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6707 since 10/19/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue. The following code is the reason for this vulnerability:

$wp_hasher = new PasswordHash(8, true);

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1947 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-includes/pluggable.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104356 (WordPress < 4.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104356). The entry VDB-107809 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• WordPress

Version

• 4.8
• 4.8 Beta1
• 4.8 Beta2
• 4.8 rc1
• 4.8 rc2
• 4.8.1
• 4.8.1 Beta1
• 4.8.1 rc1
• 4.8.1 rc2
• 4.8.2

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Name: MD5
Class: Inadequate encryption / MD5
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 104356
Nessus Name: WordPress < 4.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 861726
OpenVAS Name: WordPress through 4.8.2 Weak Password Hash Algorithm
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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0-Day Time: 🔍
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Timelineinfo

06/20/2012 🔍
10/19/2017 +1947 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/20/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/31/2017 +11 days 🔍
11/02/2017 +2 days 🔍
01/04/2023 +1889 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: 21022
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-6707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108257
SecurityFocus: 101638

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2017 08:46 AM
Updated: 01/04/2023 09:17 AM
Changes: 10/20/2017 08:46 AM (70), 06/07/2020 06:59 PM (7), 01/04/2023 09:17 AM (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:207:40

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