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CVE-2016-4566
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…
Medium6.1EPSS 6.0%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.0% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160507 CVE Request: wordpress and mediaelement (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035818 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- NVD (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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