ghsa-ffr7-33wh-7g9r
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:27
Modified
2022-05-17 00:27
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2016-7168",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-79",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2017-01-05T02:59:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-ffr7-33wh-7g9r",
   modified: "2022-05-17T00:27:21Z",
   published: "2022-05-17T00:27:21Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7168",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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