Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1930

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.
Published 2008-04-28 20:05:00
Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2008-1930

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1930

EPSS FAQ
6.18%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1930

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1930

  • When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-1930

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