Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7168",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-7168",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7168",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-7168"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
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              ],
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                        "last_affected": "4.6"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.6.0",
            "4.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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              ],
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                  {
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                      {
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.6"
                      }
                    ],
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                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.6.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7168.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:47:21.713575836Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615",
        "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html",
        "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1",
        "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/"
      ],
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2016-7168",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441167,
  "published_at": "2017-01-05T02:59:03.837+00:00"
}