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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.