Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.5.2+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.02% (84th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362512
- published 22 May 2016
- disclosed 22 May 2016
Introduced: 22 May 2016
CVE-2016-4566 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.5.2+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4566
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489
- http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4566
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