CVE-2013-2173

Published Jun 21, 2013

Last updated 11 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-310

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0AACC9C9-83F3-4430-89C8-63D8696D2143"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References