CVE-2016-6896
Published on: 01/18/2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:10 PM UTC
Certain versions of Wordpress from Wordpress contain the following vulnerability:
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.
- CVE-2016-6896 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 7.1 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | LOW | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | LOW | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 5.5 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | SINGLE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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WordPress 4.5.3 - Authenticated Denial of Service (DoS) | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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oss-security - Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks and Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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WordPress Core 4.5.3 - Directory Traversal / Denial of Service - PHP webapps Exploit | www.exploit-db.com Proof of Concept text/html |
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No Description Provided | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory sumofpwn.nl text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.5.3 | All | All | All |
Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.5.3 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE