Wordpress Core < 4.0.1 - Hash Collision

8.1
Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
CVE CVE-2014-9037
CVSS 8.1 (High)
Publicly Published November 20, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher David Anderson

Description

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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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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