Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2008-1930CVE-2008-1930
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
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.4%
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 โadminโ to obtain administrator privileges, aka a
โcryptographic splicingโ issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of
an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| wgrant | Only in 2.5, so >= intrepid. |
Related
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
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.4%