Name: CVE-2016-1564: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-1564, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.02929

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordpress	Mar 14, 2016	Jan 13, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade wordpressUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TWUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CN	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 26, 2016
Wordpress	—	Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.4.1	May 16, 2017	May 21, 2016

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CVSS Details

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