CVE-2014-6412 (GCVE-0-2014-6412)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-04-12 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 12:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
References
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130380/WordPress-Failed-Randomness.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/42 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/53 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72589 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031749 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192474 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28633 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130380/WordPress-Failed-Randomness.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/42 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/53 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72589 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031749 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192474 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28633 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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