CVE-2016-4567

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."
Cross-site Scripting
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.1 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 89%
VendorProductVersion
mediaelementjsmediaelement.js
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≤ 2.20.1
wordpresswordpress
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≤ 4.5.1
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
mediaelement
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
mediaelement
noble
needed
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needed
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needed
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
needed
artful
ignored
zesty
ignored
yakkety
ignored
xenial
needed
wily
ignored
trusty
dne
precise
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488