CVE-2016-6897

Cross-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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:57

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 -
References () https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568 - () https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568 -
References () https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html - () https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html -
References () https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 - () https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 -
References () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/ - () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/ -

Information

Published : 2017-01-18 21:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:57


NVD link : CVE-2016-6897

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6897

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6897


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Products Affected

wordpress

  • wordpress
CWE
CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)