CVE-2014-9034

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• WordPress Core < 4.0.1 - Denial of Service2014-12-01 · dos · php
• WordPress Core 4.0 - Denial of Service2014-12-01 · dos · php

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
• https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
• https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/