CVE-2013-2173

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

21/06/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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
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