CVE-2016-4567

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Mediaelement.js
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 May 2016

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in flash/FlashMediaElement.as in MediaElement.js before 2.21.0, as used in WordPress before 4.5.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an obfuscated form of the jsinitfunction parameter, as demonstrated by "jsinitfunctio%gn."

References

https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/chan...
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
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https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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