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CVE-2012-6707 Details

Description

WordPress through 4.8.2 uses 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022 CVEIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-326Inadequate Encryption Strength[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wordpress wordpress
<= 4.8.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6707
NVD Published Date:
Oct 19, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]