CVE-2016-10148

Severity

40%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

48%

The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 makes a get_plugin_data call before checking the update_plugins capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended read-access restrictions via the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896.

The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 makes a get_plugin_data call before checking the update_plugins capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended read-access restrictions via the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2017-01-18 21:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-03-16 01:59:00

Affected Software

WordPress

References

[oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

96847

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168

Issue Tracking, Patch

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490

Issue Tracking

https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html

Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

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