CVE-2016-6634

6.1 mediumEPSS 2.5%

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the network settings page in WordPress before 4.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

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

EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2016-08-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92390
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=4.5
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8474

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