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CVE-2014-9037
WordPress 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…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.6%
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Description
WordPress 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-3085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141125 Re: WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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