PT-2014-8807 · WordPress · Wordpress

Jouko Pynnonen · Published 2014-11-25 · Updated 2016-06-30 · CVE-2014-9037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 3.7.5 WordPress versions 3.8.x prior to 3.8.5 WordPress versions 3.9.x prior to 3.9.3 WordPress versions 4.x prior to 4.0.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain access to an account that has been idle since 2008. This is possible due to an improper PHP dynamic type comparison for an MD5 hash.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 3.7.5, update to version 3.7.5 or later. For WordPress versions 3.8.x prior to 3.8.5, update to version 3.8.5 or later. For WordPress versions 3.9.x prior to 3.9.3, update to version 3.9.3 or later. For WordPress versions 4.x prior to 4.0.1, update to version 4.0.1 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9037

DLA-236-1

DSA-3085-1

MGASA-2014-0493

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9037 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14625 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031243 · Note
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html · Note