Wordpress Fail - Unsafe cookies leave WordPress accounts open to hijacking, 2-factor bypass

Unsafe cookies leave WordPress accounts open to hijacking, 2-factor bypass – ouch.

tl;dr:

Memo to anyone who logs in to a WordPress.com-hosted blog from a public Wi-Fi connection or other unsecured network: It's trivial for the script kiddie a few tables down to hijack your site even if it's protected by two-factor authentication.

Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:39 PM |

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