CVE-2013-2173
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain
02 Description
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain
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
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% 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
- 2013-06-21 10:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4716d35a1591b0f15ae40f0c8a3717e5374a361f6220c43fa057d33ab235f157
05 Affected products
06 References
- vndh.nethttps://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/
- www.debian.orgDSA-2718http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20130612 Re: CVE request: WordPress 3.5.1 denial of service vulnerabilityhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2
- archives.neohapsis.com20130613 Re: WordPress 3.5.1, Denial of Servicehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html
- codex.wordpress.orghttp://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
- github.comhttps://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 3.5.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 3.5.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 3.5.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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