PT-2014-6358 · WordPress · Wordpress

Nir Goldshlager · Published 2014-08-18 · Updated 2015-11-25 · CVE-2014-5240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 3.9.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML and obtain Super Admin privileges via a crafted avatar URL when Multisite is enabled.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.2, update to version 3.9.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5240

DLA-56-1

DSA-3001-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5240 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5240 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5240 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3 · Note
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5240 · Note