VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-5204

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-08-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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