Vulnerability CVE-2014-5204


Published: 2014-08-18

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Wordpress 3.9.1 pluggable.php CSRF vulnerability
nacin
18.08.2014

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3

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