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.
An official patch is available. Apply the patch as soon as possible.
Patch StatusOfficial Patch
Change Log
| Date | Source | Changes | Score |
|---|
| 2026-07-21 | exploitdb | E: U→P | 0.0 → 0.0 |
| 2026-07-21 | nvd | patch: Unavailable→Official Patch | 0.0 → 0.0 |
| 2026-07-21 | cve.org | initial, patch: Unavailable | 0.0 |
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | ≤ 3.7.4 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8.3 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8.4 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.9 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.9.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.9.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 4.0 |
Published: 2014-11-25
