Cryptographic issues in WordPress - CVE-2014-9037
Published: August 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU141188
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9037
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to take over old accounts.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a weak hashing algorithm. Accounts idle since 2008 could be compromised by leveraging an improper PHP dynamic type comparison for an MD5 hash.
Affected software
WordPress
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9037
Install updates from vendor's website.
WordPress - addressed in versions 3.7.5, 3.8.5, 3.9.3, 4.0.1