vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2016-7169: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2017
Added
May 16, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

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.

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_6_1
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