# CVE-2014-5034: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hija

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-04-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that have unknown impact via a crafted request to the brute-force-login-protection page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

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## References

- https://github.com/0pc0deFR/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2014-5034/exploit.html
- https://github.com/0pc0deFR/wordpress-sploit-framework/blob/master/exploits/Brute_Force_Login_Protection_1_3_Cross_Site_Request_Forgery

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