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CVE-2007-6013
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…
Critical9.8EPSS 3.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- 20071119 Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 3375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20071119 Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- wordpress-password-weak-security(38578) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28310 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 40801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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