CVE-2016-10148: 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…

PriorityP421medium4.3CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUINSUCLINAN

EPSS

1.64%

73.7th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 4.6.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 4.6.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	<= 4.5.5	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.6.1+dfsg-1	4.6.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.6.1+dfsg-1	4.6.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.6.1+dfsg-1	4.6.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 4.6.1+dfsg-1	4.6.1+dfsg-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.04.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv4.3MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM

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