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CVE-2014-0166

The wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a forged cookie.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-0166 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from wordpress organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-04-10T00:55:09.530

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 3.7.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	0.71	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.0.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.0.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.1.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.2.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.3.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.3.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.5.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.5.1.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.5.1.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.5.1.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.5.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	1.6.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.7	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.8	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.9	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.10	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.0.11	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.1.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.2.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.2.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.2.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.3.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.3.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.3.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.5.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.6.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.6.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.6.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.6.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.7	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.7.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.5.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.5.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.8.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.9	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.9.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.9.1.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.9.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.0.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.1.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.1.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.1.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.1.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.2.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.3.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.3.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.3.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.4.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.4.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.4.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.5.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.5.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.6.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.7	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.8	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.8.1	Yes

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/28054 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085858 ([email protected])
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/28054 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085858 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For wordpress's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.