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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY

An attacker can use several vulnerabilities of WordPress Core.

Impacted products: Debian, WordPress Core.

Severity: 2/4.

Creation date: 08/09/2016.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY

Several vulnerabilities were announced in WordPress Core.

An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via Image Filename,
in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web site.
[severity:2/4; CVE-2016-7168]

An attacker can traverse directories via Upgrade Package Uploader,
in order to read a file outside the root path. [severity:2/4;
CVE-2016-7169]

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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Core-two-vulnerabilities-20545