CVE-2014-5240

Published Aug 18, 2014

Last updated 9 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-79

Configurations