CVE-2016-4567
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
22/05/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025
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."
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.10
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mediaelementjs:mediaelement.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.20.1 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.5.1 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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



