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patchstackSteven J. MurdochPATCHSTACK:28EAAD76D30BE9AB8D182ECA13E2A8CF
HistoryApr 23, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress <= 2.5 - Cookie Integrity Protection Vulnerability

2008-04-2300:00:00
Steven J. Murdoch
patchstack.com
6

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The attackers can forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string, because the cookie authentication method relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME.

Solution

           Update WordPress to version 2.5.1.
CPENameOperatorVersion
wordpressle2.5

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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