CVE-2013-2173: wordpress Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-2173 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 3.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.5.2.

Timeline

1. 21-06-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.