CVE-2016-10148 — Improper Access Control in Wordpress

CWE-254CWE-284 — Improper Access Control4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedJan 18
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.6.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.6.1+dfsg-1+3

Patches

Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3wwg-h2fr-3v7w: The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-10148: The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions↗2017-01-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-10148: wordpress - The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in Word...↗2016
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