Is CVE-2014-5240 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-5240 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-5240?

CVE-2014-5240 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-5240?

CVE-2014-5240 has an EPSS score of 2.20% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5240?

Upgrade wordpress on debian 11 to 3.9.2+dfsg-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-5240

LOWEPSS 80th pctl

2.1

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordpressDebian

Fixed in:3.9.2+dfsg-1CVE-2014-5240

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

wordpress.org

Other references3

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CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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