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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password that is improperly handled during hashing.
Module options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress/long_password_dosmsf undefined(long_password_dos) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(long_password_dos) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(long_password_dos) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(long_password_dos) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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