CVE-2016-5833

NameCVE-2016-5833
DescriptionCross-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1fixed
trixie6.5+dfsg1-1fixed
sid6.5.2+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcewheezy(not affected)
wordpresssourcejessie(not affected)
wordpresssource(unstable)4.5.3+dfsg-1

Notes

[jessie] - wordpress <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - wordpress <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/

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