CVE-2016-7169

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7169
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7169.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7169
Downstream
Published
2017-01-05T02:59:03Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:49:24Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php in the upgrade package uploader in WordPress before 4.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files via a crafted urlholder parameter.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
fe47e6139dbfc0f0c9ce0d79da77926b5fceaa77
Fixed
54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "4.6"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.6
4.6.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7169.json"

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
7c76a1b79e21176b176b5b6d6b03151f8eea4b55
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "4.6"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.6.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7169.json"