CVE-2016-5834

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_get_attachment_link function in wp-includes/post-template.php in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted attachment name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5833.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 29, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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