UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4567

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4567
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4567.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4567
Upstream
Published
2016-05-22T01:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-14T06:59:51.237591Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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 an obfuscated form of the jsinitfunction parameter, as demonstrated by "jsinitfunctio%gn."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mediaelement

Package

Name
mediaelement
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediaelement@2.15.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.15.1+dfsg-1

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mediaelement

Package

Name
mediaelement
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediaelement@2.15.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.15.1+dfsg-1

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / mediaelement

Package

Name
mediaelement
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediaelement@2.15.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.15.1+dfsg-1
2.15.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / mediaelement

Package

Name
mediaelement
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediaelement@2.15.1+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.15.1+dfsg-3

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / mediaelement

Package

Name
mediaelement
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediaelement@2.15.1+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.15.1+dfsg-3

Ubuntu:25.04 / mediaelement

Package

Name
mediaelement
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediaelement@2.15.1+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.15.1+dfsg-3