CVE-2014-9037

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    CVE-2014-9037

    Published: 25 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233, https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/, https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High