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.
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Apache HTTP Server CVE-1999-0070 Vulnerability (CVE-1999-0070)
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Apache HTTP Server Resource Management Errors Vulnerability (CVE-2007-6423)
WebLogic Other Vulnerability (CVE-2020-10673)
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