CVE-2008-1930
EPSS 7.5%
Description
The cookie authentication method in WordPress 2.5 relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME, which allows remote attackers to forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string, as demonstrated by registering usernames beginning with "admin" to obtain administrator privileges, aka a "cryptographic splicing" issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013.
How to fix CVE-2008-1930
To remediate CVE-2008-1930, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.5.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2008-1930 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 7.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.1-1