CVE-2016-7169

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Published 2017-01-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
6.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
73%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7169

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/54720a14d85bc1197ded7cb09bd3ea790caa0b6e

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.6.1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-32

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.6.1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed4.6.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.6.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.6.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed4.6.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.6.1+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpress wordpresswordpress{"endIncluding":"4.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.