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 obtain access to an account idle since 2008 by leveraging an improper PHP dynamic type comparison for an MD5 hash.
An official patch is available. Apply the patch as soon as possible.
Patch StatusOfficial Patch
Change Log
| Date | Source | Changes | Score |
|---|
| 2026-07-21 | PoC | 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 |
|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| mageia_project | mageia | 3 |
| mageia_project | mageia | 4 |
| 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
