CVE-2008-1930

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…

published April 28, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 "admin" to obtain administrator privileges, aka a "cryptographic splicing" issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05042 · 92.3th percentile
Published
2008-04-28T18:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 APR 18:21Z
    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…
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