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CVE-2014-9037 Wordpress Core < 4.0.1 - Hash Collision

MediumCVSS 6.8 EPSS 2.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
WordPress(WordPress) < 3.7 3.7
WordPress(WordPress) >= 3.7, < 3.7.5 3.7.5
WordPress(WordPress) >= 3.8, < 3.8.5 3.8.5
WordPress(WordPress) >= 3.9, < 3.9.3 3.9.3
WordPress(WordPress) = 4.0 No fix listed
debian/wordpress(Debian:12) < 4.0.1+dfsg-1 4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian/wordpress(Debian:13) < 4.0.1+dfsg-1 4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian/wordpress(Debian:14) < 4.0.1+dfsg-1 4.0.1+dfsg-1
mageia project mageia = 3 No fix listed
mageia project mageia = 4 No fix listed
WordPress <= 3.7.4 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.8 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.8.1 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.8.2 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.8.3 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.8.4 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.9 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.9.1 No fix listed
WordPress = 3.9.2 No fix listed
WordPress = 4.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 7.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed

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