UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5240
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240
Upstream
Published
2014-08-18T11:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:17:06.247822Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.1+dfsg-1
3.7.1+dfsg-1
3.8.1+dfsg-1
3.8.1+dfsg1-2
3.8.2+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentythirteen",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentytwelve",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5240.json"