CVE-2016-4567

Name	CVE-2016-4567
Description	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."
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	823649

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
mediaelement (PTS)	buster	2.15.1+dfsg-1	vulnerable
	bookworm, sid, bullseye	2.15.1+dfsg-3	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
mediaelement	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant		823649

Notes

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37370
Fixed by: https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/commit/34834eef8ac830b9145df169ec22016a4350f06e
Vulnerable code present, but Flash Player disabled in Debian
See 0004-Deactivate-Flash-and-Silverlight.patch
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/07/2