CVE-2014-5204

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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