Description
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain wp-postpass cookie.
Published: 2013-06-21
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2718-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2132 wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain wp-postpass cookie.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01734}

epss

{'score': 0.01677}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:27:41.088Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2173

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-06-21T13:57:25.497

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-2173

cve-icon Redhat

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