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CVE-2016-10148
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4/10
- Exploit Score
- 8/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- Single
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 2.8/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- Low
- Impact Score
- 1.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Low
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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- | - |