CVE-2014-5240
EPSS 0.63%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-5240
To remediate CVE-2014-5240, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 3.9.2+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-5240 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.9.2+dfsg-1