PT-2016-6026 · Plupload+1 · Plupload+1

Filedescriptor + 2 · Published 2016-05-22 · Updated 2016-12-02 · CVE-2016-4566

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plupload versions prior to 2.1.9 WordPress versions prior to 4.5.2

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Same-Origin Method Execution (SOME) attack.

Recommendations For Plupload versions prior to 2.1.9, update to version 2.1.9 or later. For WordPress versions prior to 4.5.2, update to version 4.5.2 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4566

Affected Products

Plupload

Wordpress

References · 16

• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4566 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4566 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4566 · Note
• https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035818 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2 · Note