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CVE-2014-5240

Published: 18 August 2014

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
wordpress
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (3.9.2+dfsg-1)
utopic Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
wily Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
vivid Not vulnerable
(3.9.2+dfsg-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398