VulnerabilityModified
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 arbitrary web script or HTML, and obtain Super Admin privileges, via a…
LOW 2.1EPSS 2.20%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.20% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- 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/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.