UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7168

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7168
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7168.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7168
Upstream
Published
2017-01-05T02:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:51Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3+dfsg-1
4.3.1+dfsg-1
4.4+dfsg-1
4.4.1+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen"
        }
    ]
}