Medium severity · published May 22, 2016
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…
6.1
CVSS
6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.0% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.5.1 · source: NVD
PL
Plupload · Plupload
through 2.1.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4566
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4566
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
Vendor Advisory
http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
Patch
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/
Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e
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