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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-4567
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in flash/FlashMediaElement.as in MediaElement.js before 2.21.0,...
Vulnerability Description
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."
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
Affected Vendor
mediaelementjs
View all reports →Affected Software
mediaelement.js, wordpress
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 22nd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.