VDB
CVE-2016-6896
CVE-2016-6896
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 35.18% · 97.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
35.18%
97.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html (nist-nvd)
- CIRCL exploited: CVE-2016-6896 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2016-6896 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2016-6896 (circl-sighting)
- 1036683 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers (circl)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 (circl)
- 40288 (cve.org)
- WordPress 4.5.3 - Directory Traversal / Denial of Service (0day-today)
- WordPress 4.5.3 - Directory Traversal / Denial of Service (0day-today)
Timeline
- Aug 21, 2016 PoC Published
- Aug 22, 2016 PoC Published
- Jan 18, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 22, 2023 EPSS Score
- Feb 6, 2025 PoC Published
- Feb 23, 2025 PoC Published
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6896 third-party-advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/347 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-2016-6896 third-party-advisory