CVE•Published 2007-11-19•Modified 2026-04-23•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2007-6013Wordpress · Wordpress

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-327Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Description

Wordpress 1.5 through 2.3.1 uses cookie values based on the MD5 hash of a password MD5 hash, which allows attackers to bypass authentication by obtaining the MD5 hash from the user database, then generating the authentication cookie from that hash.

Timeline

Published 2007-11-19

Modified 2026-04-23

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag14 hosts

vuln:CVE-2007-6013

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/wordpress/"

Matches any site loading the "wordpress" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Wordpress Wordpress"

All exposed Wordpress Wordpress instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Wordpress"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Wordpress" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.