CVE-2014-5240

no score yetEPSS 2.2%

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.

EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2014-08-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
wordpress:wordpress

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3

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