Is CVE-2007-6013 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-6013 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-6013?

CVE-2007-6013 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-6013?

CVE-2007-6013 has an EPSS score of 3.28% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6013?

Upgrade wordpress on debian 11 to 2.5.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-6013

CRITICALEPSS 87th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-327

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordpressDebian

Fixed in:2.5.0-1CVE-2007-6013

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

trac.wordpress.org

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory4

Mailing List2

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.