CVE-2012-6707

WordPress through 4.8.2 uses a weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging…

published October 19, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

WordPress through 4.8.2 uses a weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging access to the hash values. NOTE: the approach to changing this may not be fully compatible with certain use cases, such as migration of a WordPress site from a web host that uses a recent PHP version to a different web host that uses PHP 5.2. These use cases are plausible (but very unlikely) based on statistics showing widespread deployment of WordPress with obsolete PHP versions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01109 · 65.4th percentile
Published
2017-10-19T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 19:00Z
    WordPress through 4.8.2 uses a weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging…
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