UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1564

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1564

    Published: 22 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1564

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) stylesheet name or (2) template name to wp-admin/customize.php.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1564, https://wordpress.org/news/2016/01/wordpress-4-4-1-security-and-maintenance-release/, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36185, https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8358, https://twitter.com/brutelogic/status/685105483397619713, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1564

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.1+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    4.3+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High