CVE-2014-9039

WordPress <4.0.1 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0168
EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (14)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
mageia_project/mageia 3
mageia_project/mageia 4
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
... and 4 more
Published Nov 25, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026