MEDIUM
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 Nov 25, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 82.70%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.7.4
- 3.8
- 3.8.1
- 3.8.2
- 3.8.3
- 3.8.4
- 3.9
- 3.9.1
- 3.9.2
- 4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
82.70% 0.82702
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.82702
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 (45 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 82.70% (0.82702) | 99.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 83.16% (0.83162) | 99.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 80.17% (0.80170) | 99.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 77.91% (0.77914) | 99.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 71.55% (0.71545) | 98.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 75.87% (0.75866) | 98.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 71.55% (0.71545) | 98.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 75.87% (0.75866) | 98.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 1, 2025 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 4, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 76.66% (0.76656) | 98.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 76.48% (0.76481) | 98.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 76.48% (0.76481) | 98.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 72.48% (0.72483) | 98.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 10.17% (0.10168) | 95.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 11, 2025 | 13.71% (0.13709) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.80% (0.11796) | 95.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2024 | 26.08% (0.26079) | 96.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 7, 2024 | 27.64% (0.27637) | 96.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2024 | 29.42% (0.29423) | 96.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2024 | 26.53% (0.26534) | 96.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 26.41% (0.26411) | 96.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 28.30% (0.28299) | 96.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2023 | 27.79% (0.27788) | 96.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 21.67% (0.21674) | 95.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 39.51% (0.39505) | 98.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 15, 2022 | 39.51% (0.39505) | 97.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 42.13% (0.42132) | 97.57th | 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/30467 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/30467 | 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-2014-9034
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a