CVE-2014-5204

Published: Aug 18, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

6.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Debian: Debian Linux · Wordpress: Wordpress

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wordpress Wordpress	Up to 3.9.1
Wordpress Wordpress	Version 3.9.0

Related CWEs

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (8)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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