CVE-2016-5834

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_get_attachment_link function in wp-includes/post-template.php in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted attachment name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5833.

• CWE-79

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3Release Notes
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648Patch
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3Release Notes
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648Patch
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518

Published

Jun 29, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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