CVE-2016-6896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-01-18

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: 35.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.35182.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-18T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.528Z

Reserved: 2016-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6896

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-18T21:59:00.277

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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