CVE-2016-4812 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown on Save Improved plugin before 2.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Markdown On Saved Improved Project	Markdown On Saved Improved

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdown_on_saved_improved_project:markdown_on_saved_improved:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN26026353/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000071
https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/markdown-on-save-improved/changelog/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2016-06-04T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.331Z

Reserved: 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4812

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-04T16:59:03.890

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4812

Redhat

No data.

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