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Vulnerability details: VCID-ruuu-vphs-5qap
Vulnerability ID VCID-ruuu-vphs-5qap
Aliases CVE-2014-5240
Summary security update
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 1.9
Risk 0.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
epss 0.00634 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
cvssv2 2.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
Reference id Reference type URL
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-5240
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29398
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2053
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5204
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5205
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5240
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5265
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5266
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
757312 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=757312
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2014-5240 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5240
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.70304
EPSS Score 0.00634
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:36.039226+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-wheezy.xml.bz2 38.0.0