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CVE-2014-9038: wordpress Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.7v3.1HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2014-9038
Published 25-11-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9038 is a high (CVSS 7.7) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 3.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.7.5.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.7/10
010
High · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
3.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DLA-236-1DSA-3085-1MGASA-2014-0493

Timeline

  1. 25-11-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

wp-includes/http.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 conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks by referring to a 127.0.0.0/8 resource.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.77% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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

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