CVE-2014-9037

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9037
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-25 23:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionWordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, 3.9.x before 3.9.3, and 4.x before 4.0.1 might allow remote attackers to obtain access to an account idle since 2008 by leveraging an improper PHP dynamic type comparison for an MD5 hash.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 3 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.8 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.8.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.8.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.8.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.8.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.9.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.9.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 4.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3085-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
WordPress › WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:233 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0493 - Updated wordpress package fixes security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, and Denial of Service Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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