CVE-2016-6896
CVE-2016-6896
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
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.
CVSS 7.1 · High · EPSS 38.1% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
wordpress Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 4.6.1+dfsg-1
Update to 4.6.1+dfsg-1
wordpress Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 4.6.1+dfsg-1
Update to 4.6.1+dfsg-1
wordpress Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 4.6.1+dfsg-1
Update to 4.6.1+dfsg-1
wordpress Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.3+dfsg-1
- 4.3.1+dfsg-1
- 4.4+dfsg-1
- 4.4.1+dfsg-1
- 4.4.2+dfsg-1
- 4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6896