CVE-2008-1930

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1930
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-28 20:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cl.cam.ac.uk
WordPress PHP Code Execution and Cross-Site Scripting - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
News – WordPress 2.5.1 – WordPress.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Patch
SecurityTracker: WordPress Authentication Cookie Integrity Flaw Lets Remote Users Gain Administrative Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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