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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-19T19:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:51:05.712Z

Reserved: 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-6707

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-10-19T19:29:00.217

Modified: 2017-11-13T17:06:36.707

Link: CVE-2012-6707

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