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Vulnerability details: VCID-gyaq-8pvh-p7gg
Vulnerability ID VCID-gyaq-8pvh-p7gg
Aliases CVE-2012-6707
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength
System Score Found at
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
epss 0.00182 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6707
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6707
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6707
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6707
880868 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=880868
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-6707 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6707
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6707
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6707
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.39744
EPSS Score 0.00182
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:31:08.088075+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0