CVE-2014-9039

WordPress Core < 4.0.1 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Password Reset

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

wp-login.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 might allow remote attackers to reset passwords by leveraging access to an e-mail account that received a password-reset message.

wp-login.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 podría permitir a atacantes remotos reconfigurar las contraseñas mediante el aprovechamiento del acceso a una cuenta de email que recibió un mensaje de reconfiguración de la contraseña.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* 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
2024-07-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-254: 7PK - Security Features
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (7)

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

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1	2016-06-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431	2016-06-30
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085	2016-06-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233	2016-06-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Mageia Project Search vendor "Mageia Project"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia Project" for product "Mageia"				3 Search vendor "Mageia Project" for product "Mageia" and version "3"		-		Affected
Mageia Project Search vendor "Mageia Project"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia Project" for product "Mageia"				4 Search vendor "Mageia Project" for product "Mageia" and version "4"		-		Affected
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