CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
80.4%
The wp_create_nonce function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier associates a nonce with a user account instead of a user session, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks on specific actions and objects by sniffing the network, as demonstrated by attacks against the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and wp-admin/user-new.php scripts. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue because wp_create_nonce operates as intended, even if it is arguably inconsistent with certain CSRF protection details advocated by external organizations
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
wordpress | wordpress | * | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
wordpress | wordpress | 1.2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |