Vulnerability in Mageia Project
CVE-2014-9039
wp-login.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 might allow remote attackers to reset passwords by leveraging access to an e-mail account that received a password-reset message.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.025 · change: +0.001
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
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431 (Vendor Advisory)
- 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-2014-9039?
- CVE-2014-9039 is a vulnerability in Mageia Project, classified under CWE-254. Published 2014-11-25.
- Is CVE-2014-9039 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.