CVE-2014-9037

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9037
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-25 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-06-30 16:58:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-310

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 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
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 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress › WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release CONFIRM wordpress.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release MLIST openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3085-1 wordpress DEBIAN www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:233 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0493 - Updated wordpress package fixes security vulnerabilities CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, and Denial of Service Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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