CVE-2016-7168: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.6

Published 2017-01-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.