CSRF in Wordpress

CVE-2014-5205

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 3.9.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5205?
CVE-2014-5205 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-08-18.
Is CVE-2014-5205 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.