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 Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:12 pm |
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| HanCholo |
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How does one go about obtaining the MD5 hash of a Wordpress password without administrative access? I am aware that Light Blue Touchpaper was compromised by someone who used Google to find the password from an MD5 hash. How would they get the hash to start with?
I know that Wordpress stores passwords as unsalted MD5 hashes in the user database. I am also aware that Wordpress users can change their password if they forgot it via the database as explained in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SmndwrRkxw
If I have a Wordpress blog, how might someone get access to the user database or obtain the hash of my password without admin access? Is it true that the wp-users database can be accessed by anyone through a PHP or SQL browser? I also understand that Wordpress, even the most recent updates, is vulnerable to some forms of SQL injection. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:14 pm |
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| pexli |
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| To get admin hash(this is stupid in new version's) i don't need admin access.I need access to server where your blog is hosted.In new version's MD5 is salted.Salt is write in wp-config.php. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:35 pm |
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| HanCholo |
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Access to the server? Does that mean that you can access the account remotely knowing only the IP address or URL?
If so, how might someone see the database? I imagine you need PHP software. Any recommendations? |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:10 am |
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| pexli |
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| HanCholo wrote: | Access to the server? Does that mean that you can access the account remotely knowing only the IP address or URL?
If so, how might someone see the database? I imagine you need PHP software. Any recommendations? |
In most cases this is not so easy how do you think.I need URL to investigate the server or hosting. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:31 pm |
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| HanCholo |
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Okay, thanks! 
To test the security of a Wordpress server, I recommend this blog:
http://wikipediaisevil.wordpress.com/
To look up the IP address of any link, I recommend visiting
http://cqcounter.com/whois/
...unless you have something better.
The blogger abandoned that blog, so it is probably an older version of Wordpress, no later than November 2006. (The blogger created a new Wordpress blog, but deleted it, so I am sure he does not care about this one.) |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:21 pm |
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| pexli |
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| This is free wordpress hosting.Forget it dude. |
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