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TI-2014-07360 Aliases CVE-2014-9034GHSA-wh45-5f5h-v3mq

wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, 3.9.x before…

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-19Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.83237 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.7.4VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.8VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.8.1VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.8.2VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.8.3VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.8.4VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9.1VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9.2VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableWordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.7.4 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.1 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.2 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.3 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.4 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9.1 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9.2 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·WordPress

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-9034
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wh45-5f5h-v3mq

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2026-45010 WordPress < 7.0.2 - REST API batch-route confusion and SQL injection issue leading to Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-08118 The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-83466 Predictable staging paths let attackers run code in WordPress Core KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-59973 An unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2016-08129 The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-42844 WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
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Sources

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