Vulnerability in Mageia Project
CVE-2014-9037
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.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (85.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Mageia Project — versions 3, 4
- WordPress — versions 3.8, 3.8.1, 3.8.2
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085 (vendor-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12 (mailing-list)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9037?
- CVE-2014-9037 is a vulnerability in Mageia Project, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2014-11-25.
- Is CVE-2014-9037 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.