CVE-2016-6896
High · 7.1CVSS
7.1
EPSS
38.1%
Published
Jan 18, 2017
CISA due date
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The record
Directory traversal vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress 4.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or read certain text files via a .. (dot dot) in the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, as demonstrated by /dev/random read operations that deplete the entropy pool.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | wordpress | 0 | 4.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| Debian:12 | wordpress | 0 | 4.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| Debian:13 | wordpress | 0 | 4.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| Debian:14 | wordpress | 0 | 4.6.1+dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0 | No fix |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0 | No fix |
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