| Name | CVE-2014-5240 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-56-1, DSA-3001-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 757312 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | source | squeeze | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u5 | DLA-56-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | wheezy | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u4 | DSA-3001-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 3.9.2+dfsg-1 | 757312 |
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398