CVE-2008-1930

Publication date 28 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wordpress 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

wgrant

Only in 2.5, so >= intrepid.