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GHSA-M86R-5C2C-W6RQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 23:45 – Updated: 2025-04-09 03:54

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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.

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CVE-2008-1930 (GCVE-0-2008-1930)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-28 18:21 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41

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mitre

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GHSA-M86R-5C2C-W6RQ

CVE-2008-1930 (GCVE-0-2008-1930)

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