CVE-2018-5776 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WordPress before 4.9.2 has XSS in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement (under wp-includes/js/mediaelement).

Published: 2018-01-18

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-17543	WordPress before 4.9.2 has XSS in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement (under wp-includes/js/mediaelement).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.2
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3fe9cb61ee71fcfadb5e002399296fcc1198d850
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/01/wordpress-4-9-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9006

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-18T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:40:51.355Z

Reserved: 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5776

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-18T22:29:00.280

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:00:45.550

Link: CVE-2018-5776

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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