CVE-2014-9038

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Published 2014-11-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

wp-includes/http.php in 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 allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks by referring to a 127.0.0.0/8 resource.

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-2014-9038

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 — https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30444

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
wordpress wordpresswordpress{"endIncluding":"3.7.4"}
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.8
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.8.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.8.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.8.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.8.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.9
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.9.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.9.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress4.0

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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