CVE-2014-9016

mediumpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.822 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

82.2% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The password hashing API in Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes (aka phpass) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USLLM-inferred

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_long_password_dosWordPress Long Password DoSfunctional · metasploit
EDB-35415Drupal < 7.34 - Denial of ServicePoC · exploit_db
Primus27/WordPress-Long-Password-Denial-of-ServiceExhaust WordPress <V5.0.1 resources using long passwords (CVE-2014-9016)PoC · poc_in_github
c0r3dump3d/wp_drupal_timing_attackPython scripts to exploit CVE-2014-9016 and CVE-2014-9034PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal7.0 → 7.34nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
secure password hashes project secure passwords hashes6.x-2.0 → 6.x-2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:secure_password_hashes_project:secure_passwords_hashes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-11-24modified 2026-06-17

references (27)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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