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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.

Published

2014-08-18T11:15:26.403

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 3.9.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.9.0	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384 ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)