Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
High
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-7168

Disclosure Date: January 05, 2017 •
CVE-2016-7168 CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.8
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
4.8 Medium
Impact Score:
2.7
Exploitability Score:
1.7
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
High
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
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Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
n/a
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
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Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • wordpress

Products

  • wordpress
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