CVE-2014-5204 — 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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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

Published Aug 18, 2014

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.85%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.85% 0.01850

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01850

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.85% (0.01850)	78.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.85% (0.01850)	76.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.23% (0.00234)	44.29th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.15% (0.00154)	53.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.15% (0.00154)	51.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.15% (0.00154)	49.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-352

CSRF

References (4)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29384		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 18, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 13, 2014

Link CVE-2014-5204

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-5204

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-5204