6.4

CVE-2013-5739: wordpress Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-5739DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5739
Published 12-09-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-5739 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.6.1.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
1.76%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2757-1MGASA-2013-0285

Timeline

  1. 12-09-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The default configuration of WordPress before 3.6.1 does not prevent uploads of .swf and .exe files, which might make it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted file, related to the get_allowed_mime_types function in wp-includes/functions.php.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.76% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (core.trac.wordpress.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 3.6.1+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpress< 3.6.1+dfsg-1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

8 links