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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.119Z
Reserved: 2008-04-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-1930

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-04-28T20:05:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2008-1930

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