CVE-2016-6897
medium · 6.5Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of subscribers for /dev/random read operations by leveraging a late call to the check_ajax_referer function, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896.
6.5
CVSS
28.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2017-01-18
Published
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-352
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | <= 4.5.5 |
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
- 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/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
- 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/
Query this programmatically:
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