CVE-2014-9034 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion by submitting long passwords to WordPress login forms.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9034?
CVE-2014-9034 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 25 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9034?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9034?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-9034 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9034 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9034, GHSA-wh45-5f5h-v3mq.