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CVE-2013-2173

Date: June 21, 2013

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2173

Url: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2

Url: https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219

Url: http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/

Url: https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2173

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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