CVE-2016-1564

medium

Description

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://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8358

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/01/wordpress-4-4-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36185

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034622

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3444

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-22

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N