FKIE_CVE-2014-5240

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-08-18 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:11
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
cve@mitre.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *
wordpress wordpress 3.0
wordpress wordpress 3.0.1
wordpress wordpress 3.0.2
wordpress wordpress 3.0.3
wordpress wordpress 3.0.4
wordpress wordpress 3.0.5
wordpress wordpress 3.0.6
wordpress wordpress 3.1
wordpress wordpress 3.1.1
wordpress wordpress 3.1.2
wordpress wordpress 3.1.3
wordpress wordpress 3.1.4
wordpress wordpress 3.2
wordpress wordpress 3.2
wordpress wordpress 3.2.1
wordpress wordpress 3.3
wordpress wordpress 3.3.1
wordpress wordpress 3.3.2
wordpress wordpress 3.3.3
wordpress wordpress 3.4.0
wordpress wordpress 3.4.1
wordpress wordpress 3.4.2
wordpress wordpress 3.5.0
wordpress wordpress 3.5.1
wordpress wordpress 3.6
wordpress wordpress 3.6.1
wordpress wordpress 3.7
wordpress wordpress 3.7.1
wordpress wordpress 3.8
wordpress wordpress 3.8.1
wordpress wordpress 3.9.0
debian debian_linux 7.0
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