CVE-2016-9263

CVSS V2 Low 2.6 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7

Description

WordPress through 4.8.2, when domain-based flashmediaelement.swf sandboxing is not used, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-domain Flash injection (XSF) attacks by leveraging code contained within the wp-includes/js/mediaelement/flashmediaelement.swf file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-9263

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-10-12T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2017-10-26T16:22:14

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::	1	OR		4.8.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.6

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
4.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.7

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.6

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://opnsec.com/2017/10/cve-2016-9263-unpatched-xsf-vulnerability-in-wordpress/	Mitigation Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101294	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9263
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9263

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:13:05				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:54:23	2017-10-12T16:29Z	2017-10-12T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:54:23		2017-10-26T16:22:14	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:54:23		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated