CVE-2014-9033

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Published 2014-11-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-login.php in WordPress 3.7.4, 3.8.4, 3.9.2, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that reset passwords.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9033

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30418

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.1+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpresswordpress3.7.4
wordpresswordpress3.8.4
wordpresswordpress3.9.2
wordpresswordpress4.0

References

CWEs

CWE-352

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.