CVE-2014-9039

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.

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateNov 25, 2014, 23:59

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-254

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

4.3

Vector String

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

PARTIAL

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

NONE

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/30431
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/

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-254

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

4.3

Vector String

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

PARTIAL

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

NONE