CVE-2013-2173

WordPress 3.5.1 - Denial of Service via wp-postpass Cookie

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html
Product x_refsource_confirm
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219

Scores

EPSS 0.0168
EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-310
Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress 3.5.1
Published Jun 21, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026