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WordPress Core < 4.6.1 - Authenticated Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Access

CVE-2016-7169 · wordpress

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Vulnerability: WordPress Core < 4.6.1 - Authenticated Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Access
Affected software: wordpress(WordPress core)
Affected versions: ≥ 4.6 and ≤ 4.6
< 3.7
≥ 4.2 and ≤ 4.2.9
≥ 4.3 and ≤ 4.3.5
≥ 4.4 and ≤ 4.4.4
≥ 4.5 and ≤ 4.5.3
≥ 3.7 and ≤ 3.7.15
≥ 3.8 and ≤ 3.8.15
≥ 3.9 and ≤ 3.9.13
≥ 4.0 and ≤ 4.0.12
≥ 4.1 and ≤ 4.1.12
Authentication: Authenticated (see advisory title)
Vulnerability type: Directory traversal
CVE: CVE-2016-7169
Published: 7 September 2016
CISA KEV: Not listed in CISA KEV at last catalog refresh
Impact: May allow reading or writing files outside intended directories.
Source: Data imported from Wordfence Intelligence (advisory 0f19194c-dbe8-455d-bee7-2f7d4ce9224f). Methodology and redistribution notes

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