Description
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.
Published: 2014-11-25
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 72.5% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-236-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3085-1 wordpress security update
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.361Z

Reserved: 2014-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9034

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-25T23:59:05.177

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9034

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