CVE-2013-2173

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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