WordPress Core < 4.6.1 - Authenticated Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Access

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2016-7169
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published September 7, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dominik Schilling
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.15
  • 3.8 - 3.8.15
  • 3.9 - 3.9.13
  • 4.0 - 4.0.12
  • 4.1 - 4.1.12
  • 4.2 - 4.2.9
  • 4.3 - 4.3.5
  • 4.4 - 4.4.4
  • 4.5 - 4.5.3
  • 4.6 - 4.6
Patched Version
  • 3.7.16
  • 3.8.16
  • 3.9.14
  • 4.0.13
  • 4.1.13
  • 4.2.10
  • 4.3.6
  • 4.4.5
  • 4.5.4
  • 4.6.1
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