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CVE-2014-9037

Published: Nov 25, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-310
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.6%
Top 16.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Nuclei · OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected Products

mageia project
oss-projectaka mageia
mageiaOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
wordpress
oss-project·USaka wordpress.org, wordpress mu, wp
wordpressOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
debian.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
openwall.com
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
advisories.mageia.org
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