fkie_cve-2016-4567
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-05-22 01:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9cThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.mdPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06ePatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9cThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.mdPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06ePatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mediaelementjs mediaelement.js *
wordpress wordpress *



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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de XSS en flash/FlashMediaElement.as en MediaElement.js en versiones anteriores a 2.21.0, como se utiliza en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.5.2, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a trav\u00e9s de un formulario ofuscado del par\u00e1metro jsinitfunction, como es demostrado por \"jsinitfunctio%gn\"."
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