CVE-2016-4567
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.1
Description
MediaElement Vulnerable to Reflected XSS
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4567
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | mediaelement | <2.11.1 | 2.11.1 |
| Packagist | contao-components/mediaelement | >=2.14.2,<2.21.1 | 2.21.1 |
| Packagist | contao/core | >=3.0.0,<3.5.15 | 3.5.15 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediaelementjs | mediaelement.js | {"endIncluding":"2.20.1"} | |
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"4.5.1"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37371
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/df34ea68c26441f3ae98f821ba1feb9c
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
- https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8488
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4567
- https://github.com/mediaelement/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
- https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_5_15.html
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao-components/mediaelement/CVE-2016-4567.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2016-4567.yaml
- https://github.com/mediaelement/mediaelement/blob/b992ccf5f0c04a207d98bbb0868420751a61ec90/changelog.md?plain=1#L1024
- https://github.com/mediaelement/mediaelement/blob/master/changelog.md
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170205142412/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4567
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.