VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5834
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_get_attachment_link function in wp-includes/post-template.php in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted attachment name, a different…
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 2.12%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_get_attachment_link function in wp-includes/post-template.php in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted attachment name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5833.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.12% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3Release Notes
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3Release Notes
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.