Vulnerability CVE-2014-6412
Published: 2018-04-12   Modified: 2018-04-15

Description:
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.

Type:

CWE-640

 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130380/WordPress-Failed-Randomness.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/42
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/53
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72589
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031749
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192474
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28633
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