Vulnerability CVE-2016-7169

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-7169 (CCN-120411)

Assigned:

2016-09-07

Published:

2016-09-07

Updated:

2017-11-04

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

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

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

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

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

CVSS v2 Severity:

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

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

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

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

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-22

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-7169

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3681

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
92841

Source: CCN
Type: BID-92841
WordPress Cross Site Scripting And Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
Version 4.6.1

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-core-cve20167169-dir-traversal(120411)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8616

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 4.6)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201671690000000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-05
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201671690000000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-05
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201671690000000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2017-01-05
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201671690000000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20167169000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20167169000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20167169000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20167169000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20167169000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20167169000	V	CVE-2016-7169 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-01-04
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1216	P	DSA-3681-1 -- wordpress -- security update	2016-11-10

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