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CVE-2014-5240

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.

Severity
Low 2.1
Published
18 Aug 2014
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Version 3.9.0
  • Version 3.8.1
  • Version 3.8
  • Version 3.7.1
All 32 release lines
  • Every version up to 3.9.1
  • Version 3.0
  • Version 3.0.1
  • Version 3.0.2
  • Version 3.0.3
  • Version 3.0.4
  • Version 3.0.5
  • Version 3.0.6
  • Version 3.1
  • Version 3.1.1
  • Version 3.1.2
  • Version 3.1.3
  • Version 3.1.4
  • Version 3.2-beta1
  • Version 3.2
  • Version 3.2.1
  • Version 3.3
  • Version 3.3.1
  • Version 3.3.2
  • Version 3.3.3
  • Version 3.4.0
  • Version 3.4.1
  • Version 3.4.2
  • Version 3.5.0
  • Version 3.5.1
  • Version 3.6
  • Version 3.6.1
  • Version 3.7
  • Version 3.7.1
  • Version 3.8
  • Version 3.8.1
  • Version 3.9.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5240