CVE-2013-2173

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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