PT-2016-6702 · WordPress · Wordpress

Divyesh Prajapati + 1 · Published 2016-06-29 · Updated 2016-11-30 · CVE-2016-5834

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is due to a vulnerability in the wp get attachment link function. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.5.3, update to version 4.5.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the ability to upload attachments with crafted names until a patch is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5834

DLA-568-1

DSA-3639-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 27

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5834 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5834 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8834 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5834 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5834 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3639-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5832 · Security Note