[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5367: Wordpress cookie authentication vulnerability

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#5367: Wordpress cookie authentication vulnerability
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 Reporter:  sjmurdoch                |        Owner:  westi   
     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |    Milestone:  2.4     
Component:  Security                 |      Version:  2.3.1   
 Severity:  normal                   |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  security, password, md5  |  
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Comment (by westi):

 I've uploaded a first pass patch for auth cookies

 Major changes to the current mechanism:

  1. Cookie is not based on the password hash
  1. Cookie is not derived from information stored in the database

 Known issues:
  1. Only supports a single authentication token for a user so you cannot
 be logged in from two places at once.

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