CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7168
4.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the media_handle_upload function in wp-admin/includes/media.php in WordPress before 4.6.1 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by tricking an administrator into uploading an image file that has a crafted filename.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1 Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0 Patch
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615 wpvulndb.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1 Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0 Patch
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615 wpvulndb.com