CVE-2016-5834
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5834
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5834.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5834
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-06-29T14:10:05.880Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:44:08.371552Z
- Severity
-
- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wpgetattachment_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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "source": [ "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.5.2" } ] }
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_RANGE", "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.5.2" } ] }