Cryptographic Issues Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.0.1+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.72% (81st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362881
- published 25 Nov 2014
- disclosed 25 Nov 2014
Introduced: 25 Nov 2014
CVE-2014-9037 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.0.1+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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 obtain access to an account idle since 2008 by leveraging an improper PHP dynamic type comparison for an MD5 hash.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9037
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
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