CVE-2016-4566
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-4566
To remediate CVE-2016-4566, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.5.2+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-4566 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.5.2+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |