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CVE-2016-4567

MediaElement Vulnerable to Reflected XSS

Also known as GHSA-277w-qpxr-2549

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.4%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known

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."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% 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
GitHub3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmmediaelement
<2.11.1
2.11.1
packagistcontao-components/mediaelement
>=2.14.2, <2.21.1
2.21.1
packagistcontao/core
>=3.0.0, <3.5.15
3.5.15

Classification

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

References

  • github.com /johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, 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
  • gist.github.com /cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/8488 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • wordpress.org /news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • core.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/37371 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4567 · advisory
  • github.com /mediaelement/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e · web
  • contao.org /en/news/contao-3_5_15.html · web
  • github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao-components/mediaelement/CVE-2016-4567 · web
  • github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2016-4567.yaml · web
  • github.com /mediaelement/mediaelement/blob/b992ccf5f0c04a207d98bbb0868420751a61ec90/changelog.md?plai · web
  • github.com /mediaelement/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20170205142412/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818 · web
  • wordpress.org /news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2 · web

Sources

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