Posts Tagged ‘SALT’

WordPress 2.5 SECRET_KEY and SALT Cracking Vulnerability

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

SECRET_KEY is the new addition to wordpress Security which is introduced in the WordPress 2.5. SECRET_KEY is used to secure WordPress Cookies. But an attacker can use this Key to intrude the WordPress system. In a recently found vulnerability discovered by xiam and published in Security Focus shows that an attacker can get into the system through this technique.
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