MEDIUM
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-login.php in WordPress 3.7.4, 3.8.4, 3.9.2, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that reset passwords
Published Nov 25, 2014
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.96%
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-login.php in WordPress 3.7.4, 3.8.4, 3.9.2, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that reset passwords.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.96% 0.01964
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01964
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01964) | 79.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01964) | 77.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.90% (0.00902) | 73.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.41% (0.02410) | 75.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.90% (0.00902) | 74.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00274) | 68.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00274) | 68.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 67.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 63.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30418 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30418 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 25, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 20, 2014
Link CVE-2014-9033
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a