{"id":"CVE-2012-6707","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:36.884260Z","published":"2017-10-19T19:29:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21022"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}