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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-18T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:47.467Z

Reserved: 2014-08-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-5204

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-08-18T11:15:26.403

Modified: 2015-11-25T20:21:45.147

Link: CVE-2014-5204

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