VDB
CVE-2016-10148
CVE-2016-10148
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 1.64% · 74.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.64%
74.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Timeline
- Jan 18, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10148 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490 third-party-advisory
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10148 third-party-advisory