CVE-2016-7168

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 5, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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