Name | CVE-2016-7169 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-633-1, DSA-3681-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
Fixed in 4.6.1 release upstream
Fixed by: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38524