{
    "id": "CVE-2014-9034",
    "published": "2014-11-25 23:59:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:17:41",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-19",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.82702",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99659",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:19:42",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wordpress",
            "product": "wordpress"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "35413",
            "title": "WordPress Core 4.0 - Denial of Service",
            "date": "2014-12-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35413"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "35414",
            "title": "WordPress Core < 4.0.1 - Denial of Service",
            "date": "2014-12-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35414"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html",
        "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/",
        "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html",
        "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30467",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/"
    ]
}