4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-2173

Published: 21/06/2013 Updated: 22/08/2013
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain wp-postpass cookie.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #713947 wordpress: Multiple security issues Package: wordpress; Maintainer for wordpress is Craig Small <csmall@debianorg>; Source for wordpress is src:wordpress (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:39:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: ...
Several vulnerabilities were identified in WordPress, a web blogging tool As the CVEs were allocated from releases announcements and specific fixes are usually not identified, it has been decided to upgrade the wordpress package to the latest upstream version instead of backporting the patches This means extra care should be taken when upgrading, ...