CVE-2013-2173
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain wp-postpass cookie.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.5.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.5.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.5.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.5.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.5.2+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.5.1 | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
- https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219
- https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2173
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.