CVE-2014-6412
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via...
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
- Record
CVE-2014-6412- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
- Record
CVE-2014-6412- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-6292 No score
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
- Record
EUVD-2014-6292- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r95h-g3m2-8rgx
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via...
WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.
- Record
GHSA-r95h-g3m2-8rgx- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-6412 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Wordpress, published April 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.60%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/130380/WordPress-Failed-Randomness.html
core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28633
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/53
securityfocus.com/bid/72589
securitytracker.com/id/1031749
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192474
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6412
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r95h-g3m2-8rgx