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CVE-2016-10148

Published: Jan 18, 2017

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

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[oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers

mailing-list

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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168

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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html

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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490

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