CVE-2016-10148
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 18, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 18, 2017
Description
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.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 96847vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlersmailing-list
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490
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