[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21420: Login without salted MD5 Password

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#21420: Login without salted MD5 Password
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 Reporter:  shubhamoy     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |
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Comment (by ocean90):

 > An attacker places a SymLink Attack on the server and reads the wp-
 config.php of a wordpress powered site. After that accesses the database

 Nothing about a !WordPress related issue yet, so there is already
 something wrong before somebody changes the table.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21420#comment:6>
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