CVE-2014-9034

WordPress Core < 4.0.1 - Denial of Service via Long Password

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

wp-includes/class-phpass.php en WordPress anterior a 3.7.5, 3.8.x anterior a 3.8.5, 3.9.x anterior a 3.9.3, y 4.x anterior a 4.0.1 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de CPU) a través de una contraseña larga que no se maneja debidamente durante la creación de hashes, un problema similar a CVE-2014-9016.

A vulnerability present in Drupal versions prior to 7.34 and WordPress versions prior to 4.0.1 allows an attacker to send specially crafted requests resulting in CPU and memory exhaustion. This may lead to the site becoming unavailable or unresponsive (denial of service).

*Credits: Javier Nieto Arevalo,Andres Rojas Guerrero

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-20 CVE Reserved
2014-11-20 CVE Published
2014-12-01 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-19: Data Processing Errors
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35414	2014-12-01
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35413	2014-12-01

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1	2016-04-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467	2016-04-04
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085	2016-04-04
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233	2016-04-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 3.7.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 3.7.4"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.3 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.3"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.4"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.9 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.9"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.9.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.9.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.9.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.9.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				4.0 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "4.0"		-		Affected