CVE-2007-6013
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2007-6013
To remediate CVE-2007-6013, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.5.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2007-6013 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |