wordpress cookie authentication vulnerability
Published Nov 19, 2007
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.28%
Description
Wordpress 1.5 through 2.3.1 uses cookie values based on the MD5 hash of a password MD5 hash, which allows attackers to bypass authentication by obtaining the MD5 hash from the user database, then generating the authentication cookie from that hash.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7
- 8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.28% (0.03279) | 88.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.28% (0.03279) | 86.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 1.39% (0.01393) | 78.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.40% (0.03395) | 86.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 22, 2025 | 19.31% (0.19311) | 96.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 16.23% (0.16232) | 95.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 1.79% (0.01786) | 88.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00775) | 80.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 25, 2023 | 1.27% (0.01275) | 84.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 83.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/40801 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27714 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONBroken Link
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6013 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=392411 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6013
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6013
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
Change history (0)
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