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CVE-2014-5240

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Date: August 18, 2014

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.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (8)

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5240
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-5240
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-5240

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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