CVE-2012-6707
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6707
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-6707.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-6707
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-10-19T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:42:36.884260Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
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