CVE-2016-7168

WordPress Core < 4.6.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en la función media_handle_upload en wp-admin/includes/media.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.6.1 podría permitir a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios engañando a un administrador para subir un archivo de imagen que tiene un nombre de archivo manipulado.

*Credits: Cengiz Han Sahin

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-09-07 CVE Published
2016-09-08 CVE Reserved
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841	Third Party Advisory
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html	Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1	2017-11-04
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0	2017-11-04
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release	2017-11-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681	2017-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.6 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.6"		-		Affected