CVE-2014-5204 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass CSRF protection in WordPress via timing side-channel brute-force attacks, requiring user interaction to exploit.
- 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
What is CVE-2014-5204?
CVE-2014-5204 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Aug 2014. 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5204?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5204?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-5204 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5204 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5204, GHSA-72g8-w2mw-jmg3, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5204.