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CVE-2014-5240
Published: Aug 18, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3001
vendor-advisory
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https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20140813 Re: WordPress 3.9.2 release - needs CVE's
mailing-list
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