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CVE-2008-1930

WordPress Core < 2.5.1 - Authentication Bypass

Severity Score

8.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

El método de autenticación por Cookie en WordPress 2.5 confía en un hash de la cadena que resulta de concatenar USERNAME y EXPIRY_TIME, lo que permite a atacantes remotos falsificar cookies registrando nombres de usuario que resulten en la misma cadena concatenada, como se demostró registrando nombres de usuario que comenzaban con "admin" para conseguir privilegios de administrador, también conocido como asunto "empalme criptográfico". NOTA: Esta vulnerabilidad existe debido a un parche incompleto para la vulnerabilidad CVE-2007-6013

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-04-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-04-25 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication
  • CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Wordpress
Search vendor "Wordpress"
 Wordpress
Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"
 2.5
Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "2.5"
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Affected