CVE-2012-6707
Published: 19 October 2017
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
wordpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.8.3)
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(4.9.7+dfsg1-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(4.9.7+dfsg1-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(4.9.5+dfsg1-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|