Vulnerability CVE-2014-5240

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-5240 (CCN-95155)

Assigned:

2014-08-06

Published:

2014-08-06

Updated:

2015-11-25

Summary:

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 v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
1.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-79

Vulnerability Consequences:

Cross-Site Scripting

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-5240

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20140813 Re: WordPress 3.9.2 release - needs CVE's

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:42:45 -0600
WordPress 3.9.2 release - needs CVE's

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress 3.9.2 Security Release

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3001

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 109870
WordPress /src/wp-includes/pluggable.php Avatar Handling XSS Weakness

Source: CCN
Type: BID-69096
WordPress Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wordpress-pluggable-xss(95155)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 3.9.1)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26282	P	DSA-3001-1 wordpress - security update	2014-10-13
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201452400000000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2014-08-18
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20145240000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2014-08-18
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20145240000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2014-08-18
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20145240000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2014-08-18
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20145240000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2014-08-18
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201452400000000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2014-08-18
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20145240000	V	CVE-2014-5240 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2014-08-18

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