UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240

    Published: 18 Aug 2014Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5240

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5240, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5240

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    3.6.1+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High