What is CVE-2012-6707?

CVE-2012-6707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2012-6707?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2012-6707 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wordpress

CVE-2012-6707

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.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Wordpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6707?: CVE-2012-6707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2012-6707?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-6707 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.