Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that have unknown impact via a crafted request to the brute-force-login-protection page to wp-admin/options-general.php
Published Apr 6, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.08%
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that have unknown impact via a crafted request to the brute-force-login-protection page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.08% (0.01078) | 63.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.12% (0.01116) | 61.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 36.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.67% (0.05665) | 83.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 36.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 1.65% (0.01647) | 78.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00113) | 27.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00813) | 82.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00813) | 81.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 1.15% (0.01150) | 83.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01056) | 81.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00746) | 78.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00939) | 80.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- https://github.com/0pc0deFR/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2014-5034/exploit.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/0pc0deFR/wordpress-sploit-framework/blob/master/exploits/Brute_Force_Login_Protection_1_3_Cross_Site_Request_Forgery x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/0pc0deFR/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2014-5034/exploit.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/0pc0deFR/wordpress-sploit-framework/blob/master/exploits/Brute_Force_Login_Protection_1_3_Cross_Site_Request_Forgery | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory |
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