CVE-2008-1930

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 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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.18% Top 10%
Third-Party Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28935 vdb entry patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1372/references vdb entry
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/ patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019923 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29965 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1930?
CVE-2008-1930 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1930?
To fix CVE-2008-1930, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1930 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1930 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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