CVE-2014-5204 (GCVE-0-2014-5204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:41
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Summary
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.
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2014-08-06 00:00
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