Medium severity · published Jan 18, 2017
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…
6.5
CVSS
28.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)28.8% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.5.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6897
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6897
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
github.com
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
sumofpwn.nl
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
wpvulndb.com
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
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