Unscored severity · published Aug 18, 2014
CVE-2014-5240
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…
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CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 3.9.1; 3.0; 3.0.1; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 3.0.4; +26 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5240
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
core.trac.wordpress.org
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
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