WordPress Core < 3.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection Bypass

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2014-5204
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	August 6, 2014
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	David Tomaschik

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Core
Software Slug	wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.7 3.7 - 3.7.3 3.8 - 3.8.3 3.9 - 3.9.1
Patched Version	3.7.4 3.8.4 3.9.2

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