CVE-2016-4566

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4566
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-05-22T01:59:30
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-02T22:56:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.5.1
cpe:2.3:a:plupload:plupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.8
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690 Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
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://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4566
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4566
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:02:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:38:54 2016-05-22T01:59Z 2016-05-22T01:59:30 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:38:54 2016-12-02T22:56:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:38:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated