CVE-2016-7169

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7169
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7169.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7169
Downstream
Published
2017-01-05T02:59:03Z
Modified
2025-10-31T07:35:11Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FileUploadUpgrader 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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected