CVE-2016-7169 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7169?

CVE-2016-7169 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 5 Jan 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7169?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7169?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-7169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7169, GHSA-g4q2-gc49-8q5w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7169.