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CVE-2008-1930

CVE-2008-1930

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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.

EPSS 5.0% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • wordpress Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.5.1-1

    Update to 2.5.1-1

  • wordpress Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.5.1-1

    Update to 2.5.1-1

  • wordpress Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.5.1-1

    Update to 2.5.1-1

Original sources

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