CSRF in Fresh-Media Brute Force Login Protection

CVE-2014-5034

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5034?
CVE-2014-5034 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fresh-Media Brute Force Login Protection, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-5034?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-5034 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.