Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-6013
CVE-2007-6013
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.5,<=2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: 1.5 - 2.3.1
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367nvdExploitIssue Tracking
- secunia.com/advisories/27714nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28310nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txtnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.htmlnvdBroken Link
- osvdb.org/40801nvdBroken Link
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3375nvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.htmlnvdMailing List
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.htmlnvdMailing List
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