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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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 0.04653
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
wordpress<= 4.5.1
plupload<= 2.1.8
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Scoring & Timeline

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 May 2016 · 01:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/Patch
https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07eThird Party Advisory
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