CVE-2016-7168
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.8)—
Vulnerabilidad de XSS en la función media_handle_upload en wp-admin/includes/media.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.6.1 podría permitir a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios engañando a un administrador para subir un archivo de imagen que tiene un nombre de archivo manipulado.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.84%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 86
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9e60dab176635d4bfaaf431c0ea891e4726d6e0
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_wordpress_due_to_unsafe_processing_of_file_names.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8615
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