CVE-2016-7168
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7168
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7168.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7168
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-05T02:59:03.837Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:41:43.987792Z
- Severity
-
- 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the mediahandleupload 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
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- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
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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": "4.6" } ] }
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": "4.6" } ] }