CVE-2016-7169 — Path Traversal in Wordpress

CWE-22 — Path Traversal8 documents6 sources

Severity

6.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

3.0%

top 13.38%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Wordpress Debian Wordpress

Timeline

PublishedJan 5

Latest updateMay 17

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php in the upgrade package uploader in WordPress before 4.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files via a crafted urlholder parameter.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.6.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)

▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.6.1+dfsg-1+3

▶NVDwordpress/wordpress4.6

Patches

Patch: codex.wordpress.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-g4q2-gc49-8q5w: Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2016-7169: Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader↗2017-01-05

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2016-7169: wordpress - Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/...↗2016

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📐Framework References

ATT&CK

Exploit Public-Facing Application↗

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2016-7168 CVE-2016-7169 wordpress: two security issues fixed in 4.6.1↗2016-09-08

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Bugzilla

CVE-2016-7168 CVE-2016-7169 wordpress: two security issues fixed in 4.6.1 [epel-all]↗2016-09-08

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Bugzilla

CVE-2016-7168 CVE-2016-7169 wordpress: two security issues fixed in 4.6.1 [fedora-all]↗2016-09-08

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