CVE-2014-9039 json
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…
published 2014-11-25 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8867
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.1+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9039
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9039 updated cvss 5.8
wordpress: security flaws fixed in the 4.0.1 release
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
- Technology feeds
References
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wordpress.org
/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
patch, vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2014/dsa-3085
vendor-advisory
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mandriva.com
/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
vendor-advisory
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core.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset/30431
vendor-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
mailing-list
- advisories.mageia.org /MGASA-2014-0493.html
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securitytracker.com
/id/1031243
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2014-9039
- NVD CVE-2014-9039
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.