CVE-2016-7168

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CVSS 3.0

4.8 medium

EPSS

3%p86

Published

Jan 5, 2017 (Jan 5, 2017)

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.

Vendors: wordpress
Products: wordpress
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-79
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.8%)

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