CVE-2014-5240

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-5240
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2014-08-18T11:15:27
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2015-11-25T20:22:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.9.1
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5240
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:18:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 00:17:35 2014-08-18T11:15Z 2014-08-18T11:15:27 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 00:17:35 2015-11-25T20:22:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 00:17:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated