CVE-2016-7168

Name	CVE-2016-7168
Description	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the media_handle_upload function in wp-admin/includes/media.php in WordPress before 4.6.1 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by tricking an administrator into uploading an image file that has a crafted filename.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-633-1, DSA-3681-1
NVD severity	low

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	stretch (security), stretch	4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u6	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	5.0.10+dfsg1-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	5.4.2+dfsg1-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
wordpress	source	wheezy	3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u12	DLA-633-1
wordpress	source	jessie	4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u10	DSA-3681-1
wordpress	source	(unstable)	4.6.1+dfsg-1

Notes

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
Fixed in 4.6.1 release upstream
Fixed by: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38538