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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Wordpress (Content Management System). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was disclosed 11/20/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6013 since 11/19/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29843 (Fedora 8 : wordpress-2.3.2-1.fc8 (2008-0103)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38578) and Tenable (29843).
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.5
- 1.5-strayhorn
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.1.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.3.1
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 29843
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : wordpress-2.3.2-1.fc8 (2008-0103)
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OpenVAS ID: 860813
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/19/2007 🔍11/19/2007 🔍
11/19/2007 🔍
11/20/2007 🔍
11/21/2007 🔍
11/27/2007 🔍
01/03/2008 🔍
01/04/2008 🔍
03/16/2015 🔍
04/21/2019 🔍
Sources
Product: wordpress.comAdvisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6013 (🔍)
X-Force: 38578
SecurityTracker: 1018980
Secunia: 27714 - WordPress Cookies Security Bypass Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 40801 - WordPress Cookie MD5 Hash Authentication Bypass
Vupen: ADV-2007-3941
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 04/21/2019 17:34
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (72), 04/21/2019 17:34 (3)
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