3.8

CVE-2014-5240: debian debian_linux Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 3.8v3.1LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5240
Published 18-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5240 is a low (CVSS 3.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.8/10
010
Low · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
2.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DLA-56-1DSA-3001-1

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.20% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress< 3.7 (fixed in 3.7.4) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.3 (fixed in 3.7.4) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.3 (fixed in 3.7.4) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.1 (fixed in 3.7.4)
  • wordpressEOL≤ 3.9.1 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.2 | 3.2:beta1 | 3.2.1 | 3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.5.0 | 3.5.1 | 3.6 | 3.6.1 | 3.7 | 3.7.1 | 3.8 | 3.8.1 | 3.9.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpress< 3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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