CVE-2016-7169

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 5, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Sep 8, 2016

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e
92841vdb-entry
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8616
DSA-3681vendor-advisory

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