fkie_cve-2016-7168
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-01-05 02:59
Modified
2024-11-21 02:57
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *


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