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CVE-2016-7169

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• WordPress: through 4.6

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8616
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92841
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8616

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