6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.4%
The wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a forged cookie.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | wordpress | < 3.8.2+dfsg-1 | wordpress_3.8.2+dfsg-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | wordpress | < 3.8.2+dfsg-1 | wordpress_3.8.2+dfsg-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | wordpress | < 3.8.2+dfsg-1 | wordpress_3.8.2+dfsg-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | wordpress | < 3.8.2+dfsg-1 | wordpress_3.8.2+dfsg-1_all.deb |