CVE-2012-6707

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.

• CWE-326

• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 19, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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