CVE-2016-5833

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5833
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-29T14:10:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-30T03:07:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.5.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648 Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5833
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5833
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:03:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:05:16 2016-06-29T14:10Z 2016-06-29T14:10:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:05:16 2016-11-30T03:07:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:05:16 Modified Vulnerability Status updated