THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2013-2173
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-2173

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Wordpress
Affected product
Wordpress
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-06-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-2173

  • Confirm whether Wordpress Wordpress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-2173.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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