CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects WordPress. Its EPSS score suggests a 82.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2014-9034
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
82.70%
WordPress
Original NVD 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.