CVE-2014-5204

wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.9.2 rejects invalid CSRF nonces with a different timing depending on which characters in the nonce are incorrect, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-08-18

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Wordpress (Wordpress)

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384
• https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/