CVE-2014-5204

Publication date 18 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wordpress	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
wordpress	Upstream: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5204