CVE-2016-10148

MEDIUM

WordPress < 4.5.5 - Authenticated Path Traversal via Plugin Update AJAX Handler

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96847

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1

Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168

Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0045

EPSS Percentile 63.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-254 CWE-284

Status published

Products (1)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.5.5

Published Jan 18, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026