Vulnerability CVE-2016-4567

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-4567 (CCN-113109)

Assigned:

2016-05-07

Published:

2016-05-07

Updated:

2016-12-02

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."

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.1 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-79

Vulnerability Consequences:

Cross-Site Scripting

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-4567

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sat, 07 May 2016 05:33:13 +0000
CVE Request: wordpress and mediaelement

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sat, 7 May 2016 11:21:15 -0400 (EDT)
Re: CVE Request: wordpress and mediaelement

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-mediaelementjs-cve20164567-xss(113109)

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Website
WordPress 4.5.2 Security Release

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-4567

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201645670000000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2016-05-22
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201645670000000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-05-22
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201645670000000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-05-22
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20164567000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-05-21
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201645670000000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-05-21
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20164567000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-05-21
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20164567000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-05-21
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20164567000	V	CVE-2016-4567 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-05-21

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