CVE-2014-9037
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (15)
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references (14)
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- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/cnnvd
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243enisa_euvd
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/enisa_euvd
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