WordPress column_title XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-5833)

WordPress column_title XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-5833)
WordPress column_title XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-5833)

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Affected Systems:

WordPress <= 4.5.2

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2016-5833

WordPress is a blog platform developed in PHP.

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the wp-admin/shortdes/class-wp-media-list-table.php/column_title function of WordPress versions earlier than WordPress 4.5.3. Attackers can inject arbitrary Web scripts or HMTL by creating an attachment name.

<* Source: Jouko Pynn & #246; nen
Divyesh Prajapati
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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

WordPress
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3

Https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/

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