VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.85%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.85% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.