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 attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Same-Origin Method Execution (SOME) attack.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2	Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/	Patch
https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:plupload:plupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-05-22 01:59

Updated : 2024-02-28 15:21

NVD link : CVE-2016-4566

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4566

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-4566

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

plupload

plupload

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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