CVE-2012-6707

N/A
Published: October 19, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.8.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-326

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