Vulnerability CVE-2016-6634

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-6634 (CCN-115915)

Assigned:

2016-08-07

Published:

2016-08-07

Updated:

2017-11-04

Summary:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the network settings page in WordPress before 4.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.1 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-79

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Release Notes
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-6634

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3681

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
92390

Source: CCN
Type: BID-92390
WordPress CVE-2016-6634 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
Version 4.5

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=4.5

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-cve20166634-xss(115915)

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8474

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-6634

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 4.4.4)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1216	P	DSA-3681-1 -- wordpress -- security update	2016-11-10
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201666340000000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20166634000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20166634000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201666340000000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20166634000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20166634000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201666340000000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20166634000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201666340000000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2016-08-07
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20166634000	V	CVE-2016-6634 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2016-08-07

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