CVE-2008-1930
WordPress Cryptographic Splicing Cookie Forgery Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 28, 2008, 8:05 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2008-1930 has a 6 public
PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-1930 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-1930 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29965 Added Reference http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/ Added Reference http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28935 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019923 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1372/references Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42027 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
7.66 }} 1.48%
score
0.91504
percentile