VDB
CVE-2016-7168
CVE-2016-7168
PUBLISHED
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the media_handle_upload 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.
EPSS 0.80% · 74.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.80%
74.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0 (circl)
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html (circl)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160908 Re: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress due to unsafe processing of file names (circl)
- 92841 (circl)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ (circl)
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1 (circl)
- DSA-3681 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160908 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress due to unsafe processing of file names (circl)
Timeline
- Jan 5, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7168 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7168 third-party-advisory