CVE-2008-4107

WordPress Core < 2.6.2 - Cryptographic Weakness

2008-09-08 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.6.2
Affected Core: WordPress 2.6
Affected Version: <= 2.6.1
CVSS: 6.5Medium
Weakness type: CWE-327 · Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVE: CVE-2008-4107

At a glance

CVE-2008-4107 is a medium-severity Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in the WordPress 2.6 WordPress release line, affecting <= 2.6.1. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.6.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2008, reported by Stefan Esser.

Vulnerability Overview

The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol.

Remediation

Update to version 2.6.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: updating to 2.6.2 is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4107 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edc0d90f-41a7-430a-a994-57be7fba8753 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4107

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.6

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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