{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:26Z",
  "published": "2007-11-19T21:46:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2007-6013",
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27714"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28310"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/40801"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980"
    }
  ]
}