Cross-site request forgery in WordPress - CVE-2014-5205
Published: August 18, 2014 / Updated: November 2, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41399
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5205
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Affected software
WordPress
Fedora
wordpress
Fedora
wordpress
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5205
Install update from vendor's website.
WordPress - update to 3.9.2
wordpress - addressed in versions 3.9.2-3.el5, 3.9.2-3.el6
wordpress - addressed in versions 3.9.2-3.el5, 3.9.2-3.el6