VDB
CVE-2016-4566
CVE-2016-4566
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 4.65% · 89.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
4.65%
89.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.4.1+dfsg-1, 4.4.2+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/ (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160507 CVE Request: wordpress and mediaelement (circl)
- http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690 (circl)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489 (circl)
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2 (circl)
- 1035818 (circl)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/ (circl)
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e (circl)
Timeline
- May 22, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 17, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 4, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4566 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/ third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4566 third-party-advisory