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.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0014 (0.1%)
Percentile: 33.8%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
wordpress:wordpressTechnical description
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.
Published: 8/18/2014, 11:15:26 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- 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/
- 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/