PT-2014-8804
CVE-2014-9034
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Published
2014-11-20
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Updated
2016-04-04
Description by
CVSS 2.0
5.0
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
WordPress versions prior to 3.7.5
WordPress versions 3.8.x prior to 3.8.5
WordPress versions 3.9.x prior to 3.9.3
WordPress versions 4.x prior to 4.0.1
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by providing a long password that is not handled properly during the hashing process.
Recommendations
For WordPress versions prior to 3.7.5, update to version 3.7.5 or later.
For WordPress versions 3.8.x prior to 3.8.5, update to version 3.8.5 or later.
For WordPress versions 3.9.x prior to 3.9.3, update to version 3.9.3 or later.
For WordPress versions 4.x prior to 4.0.1, update to version 4.0.1 or later.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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