PT-2008-3456 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2008-04-28 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1930

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress version 2.5

Description The issue concerns the cookie authentication method, which relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing the USERNAME and EXPIRY TIME. This allows remote attackers to forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string. For example, registering usernames beginning with "admin" can lead to obtaining administrator privileges. This is related to a "cryptographic splicing" issue.

Recommendations For WordPress version 2.5, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current authentication method is susceptible to cookie forgery attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict user registration to prevent attackers from registering usernames that could be used to exploit this issue.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1930

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 13

• http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1930 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1930 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1930 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28935 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1930 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027 · Note
• http://cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29965 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1930 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019923 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1372/references · Note