UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6707
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6707
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6707.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6707
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-10-19T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-24T04:44:58Z
- Severity
-
- 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
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
4.*
4.3+dfsg-1
4.3.1+dfsg-1
4.4+dfsg-1
4.4.1+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "wordpress",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
}
]
}