UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7168
- 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
- 2025-10-24T04:45:53Z
- 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:16.04:LTS / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown 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_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",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
}
]
}