CVE-2016-4567
MEDIUMMediaElement.js < 2.21.0 - Cross-Site Scripting via FlashMediaElement.as jsinitfunction Parameter
Title source: llmDescription
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."
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0415
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (5)
contao/core
3.0.0 - 3.5.15Packagist
contao-components/mediaelement
2.14.2 - 2.21.1Packagist
mediaelementjs/mediaelement.js
< 2.20.1
npm/mediaelement
0 - 2.11.1npm
wordpress/wordpress
< 4.5.1
Published
May 22, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026