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CVE-2016-6896
Published: Jan 18, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
1036683
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
40288
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
[oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
x_refsource_MISC
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