CVE-2014-5203 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in the widget implementation in WordPress 3.9.x before 3.9.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.

Published: 2014-08-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-5101	wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in the widget implementation in WordPress 3.9.x before 3.9.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03892.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:47.636Z

Reserved: 2014-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5203

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-08-18T11:15:26.357

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:11:12.550

Link: CVE-2014-5203

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2014-08-06T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in the widget implementation in WordPress 3.9.x before 3.9.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2014-08-18T03:57:00.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20140813 Re: WordPress 3.9.2 release - needs CVE's", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2014-5203", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in the widget implementation in WordPress 3.9.x before 3.9.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/"}, {"name": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20140813 Re: WordPress 3.9.2 release - needs CVE's", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T11:41:47.636Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20140813 Re: WordPress 3.9.2 release - needs CVE's", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2014-5203", "datePublished": "2014-08-18T10:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2014-08-13T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T11:41:47.636Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "CB4D4609-5AD6-44F3-B991-74E35A7E5C2D", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "B79DE40E-BFA7-43DA-AB42-2812FB207941", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in the widget implementation in WordPress 3.9.x before 3.9.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php en la implementaci\u00f3n widget en WordPress 3.9.x anterior a 3.9.2 podr\u00eda permitir a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de datos serializados manipulados."}], "id": "CVE-2014-5203", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:11:12.550", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2014-08-18T11:15:26.357", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/3"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29389"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}