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Unscored CVE-2016-5833 EUVD-2016-6768GHSA-6r5w-j94p-fpmf

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the column_title function in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php in WordPress befor…

Published Jun 29, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by debian

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the column_title function in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.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-2016-5834.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wordpress 4.5.3+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 wordpress 4.5.3+dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 wordpress 4.5.3+dfsg-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS wordpress No fix yet —

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