CVE-2014-5240
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.9.2, when Multisite is enabled, allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, and obtain Super Admin privileges, via a crafted avatar URL.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5240
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"3.9.1"} | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.4 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.5 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.6 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.1.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.1.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.1.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.1.4 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.2.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.3.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.3.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.3.3 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.4.0 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.4.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.4.2 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.5.0 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.5.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.6 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.6.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.7 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.7.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.8.1 | |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.9.0 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.