CVE-2014-6412 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2014-6412?

CVE-2014-6412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 12 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-640

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6412?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2014-6412?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-6412 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r95h-g3m2-8rgx.