CVE-2012-6707

WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm

2012-06-20 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 6.8
Affected Core: WordPress 6.8
Affected Version: < 6.8
CVSS: 3.7Low
Weakness type: CWE-261 · Weak Encoding for Password
CVE: CVE-2012-6707

At a glance

CVE-2012-6707 is a low-severity Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in the WordPress 6.8 WordPress release line, affecting < 6.8. It carries a CVSS score of 3.7 (reachable over the network). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 6.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2012.

Vulnerability Overview

Versions of WordPress core older than version 6.8 use a weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging access to the hash values. NOTE: the approach to changing this may not be fully compatible with certain use cases, such as migration of a WordPress site from a web host that uses a recent PHP version to a different web host that uses PHP 5.2. These use cases are plausible (but very unlikely) based on statistics showing widespread deployment of WordPress with obsolete PHP versions.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-261: Weak Encoding for Password

Obscuring a password with a trivial encoding does not protect the password.

Remediation

Update to version 6.8, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: updating to 6.8 is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6707 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5dc87cd-4f45-4faf-b1e2-64e94eacb180 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6707

Related records

Same weakness class

7.5CVE-2014-6412: WordPress Core Brute Force Password Recovery TokensCVE-2014-6412

Other vulnerabilities in WordPress 6.8

CVSS Vector

3.7

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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