CVE-2016-4566
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.1)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 6.00%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 93
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2
- http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=28690
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035818
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.2
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382/
- https://gist.github.com/cure53/09a81530a44f6b8173f545accc9ed07e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8489
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