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
Published Nov 25, 2014
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.38%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- 3
- 4
Configuration 3
- ≤ 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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 83.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 81.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 81.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.28% (0.12277) | 89.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 81.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 12.28% (0.12277) | 92.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 81.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00682) | 80.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00682) | 80.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 79.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 77.03th | 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) |
References (7)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431 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/30431 | 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)
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