# CVE-2014-5034: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> A CSRF vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection WordPress plugin allows attackers to hijack user authentication via crafted requests.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7738-8522-wqf9

## What is CVE-2014-5034?

CVE-2014-5034 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that have unknown impact via a crafted request to the brute-force-login-protection page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5034?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fresh-Media Brute Force Login Protection.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-5034?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5034 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-5034 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5034 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-5034 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5034/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5034/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5034
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5034
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5034

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5034/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.