CVE-2008-1930
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-28 18:21Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 616598382665342a5a764b4f976bd056e7aec8ae5a9c097810d9c47f9a594dc9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com28935http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28935
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordpress-cookie-security-bypass(42027)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1372http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1372/references
- www.cl.cam.ac.ukhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/
- www.securitytracker.com1019923http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019923
- secunia.com29965http://secunia.com/advisories/29965
- www.securityfocus.com20080425 Wordpress 2.5 Cookie Integrity Protection Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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