| Name | CVE-2016-4566 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 823640 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wordpress | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.5.2+dfsg-1 | | | 823640 |
Notes
[jessie] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
Fixed by: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37382
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2