CVE-2007-6013
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-6013 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-11-19 21:46:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types: CWE-327 | n/a
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 9.8 | CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
HighAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Fedoraproject | Fedora | 7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Fedoraproject | Fedora | 8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Cookie Authentication Flaw Lets Remote Users Access Accounts in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| SecurityReason - Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | Broken Link |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Broken Link, Vendor Advisory |
| osvdb.org/40801 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | Broken Link |
| WordPress Cookies Security Bypass Weakness - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link, Vendor Advisory |
| 403 Forbidden | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | trac.wordpress.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking |
| [Full-disclosure] Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.grok.org.uk | Broken Link |
| Fedora update for wordpress - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link, Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: wordpress-2.3.2-1.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Mailing List |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.cl.cam.ac.uk | Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: wordpress-2.3.2-1.fc7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Mailing List |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.