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CVE-2014-5205

wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.9.2 does not use delimiters during concatenation of action values and ui

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00142
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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Affected Products & Versions

2
wordpress<= 3.9.1
wordpressall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD18 Aug 2014 · 11:15 AM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29408
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/PatchVendor Advisory
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