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CVE-2014-6412
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
High8.1EPSS 4.6%
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- mitre
Description
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130380/WordPress-Failed-Randomness.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28633 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20150212 Followup on CVE-2014-6412 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 72589 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20150211 CVE-2014-6412 - WordPress (all versions) lacks CSPRNG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1031749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192474 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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