Bug 1085858 (CVE-2014-0166) - CVE-2014-0166 wordpress: authentication bypass via forged cookies
Summary: CVE-2014-0166 wordpress: authentication bypass via forged cookies
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-0166
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1085861 1085862
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-04-09 14:20 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: wordpress 3.8.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-07-05 14:41:34 UTC

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Description Murray McAllister 2014-04-09 14:20:08 UTC 
WordPress 3.8.2 has been released and fixes an that could allow authentication to be bypassed:

"This releases fixes a weakness that could let an attacker force their way into your site by forging authentication cookies."

"Potential authentication cookie forgery. CVE-2014-0166."

References:

http://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/wordpress-3-8-2/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2
Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2014-04-09 14:21:24 UTC 
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1085861]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1085862]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-04-15 15:49:09 UTC 
wordpress-3.8.2-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-04-24 07:28:15 UTC 
wordpress-3.8.3-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-05-03 15:27:43 UTC 
wordpress-3.8.3-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-05-03 15:29:38 UTC 
wordpress-3.8.3-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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