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CVE-2016-6896

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.

  • Published: Jan 18, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6896
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.1
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

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Software From Fixed in
WordPress / wordpress 4.5.3 4.5.3.x