PT-2014-8809 · WordPress · Wordpress

Jouko Pynnonen · Published 2014-11-25 · Updated 2016-06-30 · CVE-2014-9039

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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 reset passwords by leveraging access to an e-mail account that received a password-reset message, specifically targeting the wp-login.php file.

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-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9039

DLA-236-1

DSA-3085-1

MGASA-2014-0493

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 15

• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9039 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0493 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9039 · 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