CVE-2014-0166

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected products

WordPress: through 3.7.1; 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.2 (+91)

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/28054
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085858
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.2
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/28054
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2901
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085858

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