CVE-2014-9039

critical

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.

References

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-25

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01832