CVE-2016-6896

NVD - CVE-2016-6896

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CVE-2016-6896 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.1 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html Exploit  Technical Description  Third Party Advisory 
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6896
NVD Published Date:
01/18/2017
NVD Last Modified:
09/02/2017
Source:
MITRE