CVE-2016-10148

보통 4.3CVE-2016-10148 · Published 18/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wordpress wordpress	`≤ 4.5.5`	No fix yet

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

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/96847
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168 · Issue Tracking
core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490 · Issue Tracking
sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html · Technical Description

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