Description
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
Product x_refsource_confirm
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
Scores
EPSS
0.0023
EPSS Percentile
46.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-352
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
wordpress/wordpress
3.9.0
wordpress/wordpress
< 3.9.1
Published
Aug 18, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026