CVE-2016-4566

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 4.5.1 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (8)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818

[Patch] https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2

[Patch] https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/

[Third Party Advisory] https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0465

EPSS Percentile 89.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.5.1

plupload/plupload < 2.1.8

Timeline

Published May 22, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026