VDB
CVE-2016-4567
CVE-2016-4567
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
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."
EPSS 6.96% · 93.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.099999904632568
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
6.96%
93.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mediaelement | *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | mediaelement | 2.15.1+dfsg-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | mediaelement | 2.15.1+dfsg-1, 0, 2.15.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mediaelement | 0, 2.15.1+dfsg-3 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mediaelement | 2.15.1+dfsg-3, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mediaelement | 0, 2.15.1+dfsg-1 |
Timeline
- May 21, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 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
- Jul 1, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4567 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37370 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4567 third-party-advisory