CVE-2014-9037
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9037
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9037
CWEs
CWE-310
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.