CVE-2016-7168

4.8 mediumEPSS 2.8%

Medium (4.8) in wordpress wordpress. EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.8 medium

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

EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-01-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1

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