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CVE-2014-5240

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.9.2, when Multisite is enabl

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.

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.00634
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
wordpress<= 3.9.1
wordpressall versions
debian linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

2.1
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD18 Aug 2014 · 11:15 AM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/PatchVendor Advisory
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