VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-6013
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-11-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List