Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1564",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-1564",
    "summary": "Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) stylesheet name or (2) template name to wp-admin/customize.php.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-1564",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f6a29831c76d2dbe82e9ae673539f910654c58a4"
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              ],
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                        "last_affected": "4.4.0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.4.0",
            "4.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b5f6ca5af6e29fe5df7a65d512b177fa465cfa2e"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      {
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                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1564.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:00.052372484Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36185",
        "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8358",
        "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.1",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2016/01/wordpress-4-4-1-security-and-maintenance-release/"
      ],
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    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-1564",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439456,
  "published_at": "2016-05-22T01:59:13.213+00:00"
}