CVE-2016-4566

medium

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.

References

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https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489

https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2

http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-22

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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