CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5834
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-06-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_get_attachment_link function in wp-includes/post-template.php in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted attachment name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5833.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.5.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163 Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3 Release Notes
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518 wpvulndb.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163 Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3 Release Notes
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518 wpvulndb.com