CVE-2012-6707

high

Published 2017-10-19 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

5.0

VIR risk

7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6707

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`6.8.1+dfsg1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.8.1+dfsg1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.8.1+dfsg1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
wordpress	wordpress	`{"endIncluding":"4.8.2"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-326

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.