CVE-2016-7168

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 4.6 - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory] 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, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841

[Patch] https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1

[Patch] https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0

[Third Party Advisory] https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8

EPSS 0.0080

EPSS Percentile 73.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (2)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.6

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 05, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026