CVE-2016-4567
MediaElement Vulnerable to Reflected XSS
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.4%
Description
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."
How to fix CVE-2016-4567
To remediate CVE-2016-4567, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.21.1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.5.15 or later
- —upgrade to 2.11.1 or later
Is CVE-2016-4567 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 6.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0
- >= 2.14.2, < 2.21.1
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.15
- from 0, < 2.11.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |