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CVE-2016-10148

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.

Published

2017-01-18T21:59:00.247

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-254
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.5.5	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96847 ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96847 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)