WordPress Core < 4.4 - Brute Force Password Recovery Tokens

2015-02-12 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.4

Affected CoreWordPress 4.4

Affected Version< 4.4

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2014-6412

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Vulnerability Overview

WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-261 (Weak Encoding for Password) Obscuring a password with a trivial encoding does not protect the password.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6412 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5e0b875-ba8c-438f-b2b1-6c713ef604e5

CVSS Vector

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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