VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 7.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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."
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.35% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mediaelementjs/mediaelement.js · wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371Patch
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9cThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.mdPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371Patch
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9cThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.mdPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.