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CVE-2014-5240

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
18/08/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.9.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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