CVE-2014-5240

medium

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.

References

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-5138

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-08-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02196