CVE-2014-9034: wordpress Data Processing Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-9034 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Data Processing Errors vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 82.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 3.7.5.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 25-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
82.70%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
100%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 82.70% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundWordPress Core 4.0 - Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
WordPress Core < 4.0.1 - Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-19Data Processing ErrorsWeaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information.
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Affected systems
Wordpress2 products
- wordpress< 3.7 (fixed in 3.7.5) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.4 (fixed in 3.7.5) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.4 (fixed in 3.7.5) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.2 (fixed in 3.7.5) | 4.0 (fixed in 3.7.5)
- wordpressEOL≤ 3.7.4 | 3.8 | 3.8.1 | 3.8.2 | 3.8.3 | 3.8.4 | 3.9 | 3.9.1 | 3.9.2 | 4.0
Debian1 product
- wordpress< 4.0.1+dfsg-1
2 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM