Vulnerabilities
Misconfiguration
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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-0166

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 10, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0166
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

The wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a forged cookie.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WordpressWordpress*3.7.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress0.71 (including)0.71 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.1 (including)1.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.2 (including)1.2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.3 (including)1.2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.4 (including)1.2.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.5 (including)1.2.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.5-a (including)1.2.5-a (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3.2 (including)1.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3.3 (including)1.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1 (including)1.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.1 (including)1.5.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.2 (including)1.5.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.3 (including)1.5.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.2 (including)1.5.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.10 (including)2.0.10 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.11 (including)2.0.11 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.1 (including)2.8.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.2 (including)2.8.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.3 (including)2.8.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.4 (including)2.8.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.4-a (including)2.8.4-a (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5 (including)2.8.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5.1 (including)2.8.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5.2 (including)2.8.5.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.6 (including)2.8.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9 (including)2.9 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.1 (including)2.9.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.1.1 (including)2.9.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.2 (including)2.9.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.3 (including)3.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.4 (including)3.1.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.2 (including)3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.2-beta1 (including)3.2-beta1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.2.1 (including)3.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3 (including)3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3.1 (including)3.3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3.2 (including)3.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3.3 (including)3.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.4.0 (including)3.4.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.4.1 (including)3.4.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.4.2 (including)3.4.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.5.0 (including)3.5.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.5.1 (including)3.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.6 (including)3.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.6.1 (including)3.6.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.7 (including)3.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.8 (including)3.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.8.1 (including)3.8.1 (including)
WordpressUbuntulucid*
WordpressUbuntuprecise*
WordpressUbuntuquantal*
WordpressUbuntusaucy*
WordpressUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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