cvelist/2008/1xxx/CVE-2008-1930.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2008-1930",
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "The cookie authentication method in WordPress 2.5 relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME, which allows remote attackers to forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string, as demonstrated by registering usernames beginning with \"admin\" to obtain administrator privileges, aka a \"cryptographic splicing\" issue.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013."
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            {
                "name": "28935",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28935"
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            {
                "name": "wordpress-cookie-security-bypass(42027)",
                "refsource": "XF",
                "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027"
            },
            {
                "name": "ADV-2008-1372",
                "refsource": "VUPEN",
                "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1372/references"
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            {
                "name": "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt"
            },
            {
                "name": "http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/"
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            {
                "name": "1019923",
                "refsource": "SECTRACK",
                "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019923"
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                "name": "29965",
                "refsource": "SECUNIA",
                "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29965"
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            {
                "name": "20080425 Wordpress 2.5 Cookie Integrity Protection Vulnerability",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded"
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