CVE-2014-5240
Estado: ModificadaBaja (2.1)—
Vulnerabilidad de XSS en wp-includes/pluggable.php en WordPress anterior a 3.9.2, cuando Multisite está habilitado, permite a administradores remotos autenticados inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML, y obtener privilegios de super administración, a través de una URL avatar manipulada.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Puntuación base: 2.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.20%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 82
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
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