MediaElement.js up to 2.20.x on WordPress Query String FlashMediaElement.as cross site scripting
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A vulnerability was found in MediaElement.js up to 2.20.x on WordPress (JavaScript Library). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the file flash/FlashMediaElement.as of the component Query String Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
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 the query string.
The weakness was shared 05/22/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4567 since 05/07/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91027 (FreeBSD : wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities (3686917b-164d-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2.21.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91027). The entry 87593 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 91027
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities (3686917b-164d-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 800892
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for wordpress FEDORA-2016-d9bd0c4830
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaElement.js 2.21.0
Patch: github.com
Timeline
05/07/2016 🔍05/10/2016 🔍
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05/22/2016 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: 34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06eStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-4567 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035818
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Entry
Created: 05/23/2016 10:34Updated: 08/22/2022 08:11
Changes: 05/23/2016 10:34 (62), 12/10/2018 08:18 (11), 08/22/2022 08:11 (5)
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