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CVE-2014-5205 Details

Description

wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.9.2 does not use delimiters during concatenation of action values and uid values in CSRF tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3 CVE
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29408 CVE
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wordpress wordpress
<= 3.9.1
3.9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-5205
NVD Published Date:
Aug 18, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]