CVE-2016-5834 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-06-29T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:09.964Z

Reserved: 2016-06-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5834

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-29T14:10:05.880

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5834

Redhat

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