Is CVE-2012-6707 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-6707 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-6707?

CVE-2012-6707 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-6707?

CVE-2012-6707 has an EPSS score of 1.11% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6707?

Upgrade wordpress on debian 13 to 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-6707

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordpressDebian

Fixed in:6.8.1+dfsg1-1CVE-2012-6707

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

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

core.trac.wordpress.org

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