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ubuntu-cve-2016-4567

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-05-22 01:59

Modified

2026-05-20 14:49

Summary

Details

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."

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4567	REPORT
	https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37370	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4567	REPORT

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CVE-2016-4567 (GCVE-0-2016-4567)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-22 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

9 references

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/3…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488	x_refsource_MISC
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-05-07 00:00

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-4567 (GCVE-0-2016-4567)

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