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vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2014-6412: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgottentlfjidkuuklkvrndhhnhcgdvgcbgkrklvbcrtlrblkgb Password

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 12, 2018
Added
May 23, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

WordPress before 4.4 makes it easier for remote attackers to predict password-recovery tokens via a brute-force approach.

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_4
Title
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