CVE-2014-5205
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5205
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
References
CWEs
CWE-352
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.