CVE-2014-9033 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-login.php in WordPress 3.7.4, 3.8.4, 3.9.2, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that reset passwords.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00804.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-236-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3085-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8861	Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-login.php in WordPress 3.7.4, 3.8.4, 3.9.2, and 4.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that reset passwords.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30418
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-11-25T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.381Z

Reserved: 2014-11-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9033

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-11-25T23:59:03.817

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9033

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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