CVE-2016-5834

NameCVE-2016-5834
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_get_attachment_link function in wp-includes/post-template.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-2016-5833.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-568-1, DSA-3639-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie6.6.1+dfsg1-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcewheezy3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u11DLA-568-1
wordpresssourcejessie4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u9DSA-3639-1
wordpresssource(unstable)4.5.3+dfsg-1

Notes

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/37790/
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