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CVE-2016-4567
Published: May 22, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
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[oss-security] 20160507 CVE Request: wordpress and mediaelement
mailing-list
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https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
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1035818
vdb-entry
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https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c
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https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488
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https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
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