diff --git a/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index 1256431438..643fc24c5d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -1812,6 +1812,18 @@ function wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, $action = -1 ) {
 		return 2;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Fires when nonce verification fails.
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.4.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string     $nonce  The invalid nonce.
+	 * @param string|int $action The nonce action.
+	 * @param WP_User    $user   The current user object.
+	 * @param string     $token  The user's session token.
+	 */ 
+	do_action( 'wp_verify_nonce_failed', $nonce, $action, $user, $token );
+
 	// Invalid nonce
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/auth.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/auth.php
index 90141883f4..947265ea26 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/auth.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/auth.php
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ class Tests_Auth extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	var $user_id;
 	var $wp_hasher;
 
+	/**
+	 * action hook
+	 */
+	protected $nonce_failure_hook = 'wp_verify_nonce_failed';
+
 	function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
 		$this->user_id = $this->factory->user->create();
@@ -110,6 +115,30 @@ class Tests_Auth extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse( wp_verify_nonce( 1 ) );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 24030
+	 */
+	function test_wp_nonce_verify_failed() {
+		$nonce = substr( md5( uniqid() ), 0, 10 );
+		$count = did_action( $this->nonce_failure_hook );
+
+		wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, 'nonce_test_action' );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( ( $count + 1 ), did_action( $this->nonce_failure_hook ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 24030
+	 */
+	function test_wp_nonce_verify_success() {
+		$nonce = wp_create_nonce( 'nonce_test_action' );
+		$count = did_action( $this->nonce_failure_hook );
+
+		wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, 'nonce_test_action' );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( $count, did_action( $this->nonce_failure_hook ) );
+	}
+
 	function test_password_length_limit() {
 		$passwords = array(
 			str_repeat( 'a', 4095 ), // short