CVEs-PoC/2008/CVE-2008-1930.md

### [CVE-2008-1930](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1930)
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### Description

The cookie authentication method in WordPress 2.5 relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME, which allows remote attackers to forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string, as demonstrated by registering usernames beginning with "admin" to obtain administrator privileges, aka a "cryptographic splicing" issue.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/J-16/Pentester-Bootcamp
- https://github.com/paulveillard/cybersecurity-infosec