CVE-2014-6412

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-04-12 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 12:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-09-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f9290f8e0616b980480f9f370ef39009aedb27d1e508342f7d7b2b10faaab3cd

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130380/WordPress-Failed-Randomness.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• core.trac.wordpress.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28633x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20150212 Followup on CVE-2014-6412http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/53mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com72589http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72589vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org20150211 CVE-2014-6412 - WordPress (all versions) lacks CSPRNGhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/42mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securitytracker.com1031749http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031749vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192474x_refsource_CONFIRM