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CVE-2016-4566

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plupload.flash.swf in Plupload before 2.1.9, as used in WordPress before 4.5.2, allows remote a…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.0%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plupload.flash.swf in Plupload before 2.1.9, as used in WordPress before 4.5.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Same-Origin Method Execution (SOME) attack.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.00% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Technology feeds
WordPress (RSS, critical only)

References

  • core.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/37382/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • plupload.com /punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/8489 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • codex.wordpress.org /Version_4.5.2 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1035818 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • wordpress.org /news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • gist.github.com /cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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