CVE-2014-5240

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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