CVE-2014-9034
WordPress Long Password DoS
Title source: metasploitDescription
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.
Exploits (3)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
by Javer Nieto & Andres Rojas · textdosphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35414
metasploit
WORKING POC
by Javier Nieto Arevalo, Andres Rojas Guerrero, rastating · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_long_password_dos.rb
References (7)
Scores
EPSS
0.7248
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-19
Status
published
Products (10)
wordpress/wordpress
3.8
wordpress/wordpress
3.8.1
wordpress/wordpress
3.8.2
wordpress/wordpress
3.8.3
wordpress/wordpress
3.8.4
wordpress/wordpress
3.9
wordpress/wordpress
3.9.1
wordpress/wordpress
3.9.2
wordpress/wordpress
4.0
wordpress/wordpress
< 3.7.4
Published
Nov 25, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026