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CVE-2016-7169

Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php in the upgrade package uploader in WordPress before 4.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files via a crafted urlholder parameter.

Published

2017-01-05T02:59:03.887

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.6	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841 ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e Patch ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8616 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8616 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)