CVE-2014-5240: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 3.9.1; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2014-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.