WordPress Core < 4.0.1 - Denial of Service via Long Password

5.3
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE CVE-2014-9034
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 20, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Javier Nieto Arevalo
Andres Rojas Guerrero

Description

wp-includes/class-phpass.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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password that is improperly handled during hashing, a similar issue to CVE-2014-9016.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.5, 3.8.5, 3.9.3, 4.0.1
Affected Versions
  • 4.0
  • < 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.4
  • 3.8 - 3.8.4
Expand to see 1 more affected version range.
  • 3.9 - 3.9.2
Patched Versions
  • 3.7.5
  • 3.8.5
  • 3.9.3
  • 4.0.1

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