CVE-2014-5203

high
Published 2014-08-18 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in the widget implementation in WordPress 3.9.x before 3.9.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ€” if you've already worked around this in production โ€” publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed3.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.9.2+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.9.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.9.1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.