WordPress Core - All Known Versions - Cleartext Storage of wp_signups.activation_key

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CVE CVE-2017-14990
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published October 10, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

All known versions of WordPress Core store cleartext wp_signups.activation_key values (but stores the analogous wp_users.user_activation_key values as hashes), which might make it easier for remote attackers to hijack unactivated user accounts by leveraging database read access (such as access gained through an unspecified SQL injection vulnerability).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= *
Patched Version
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