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CVE-2016-10148

CVE information

Published

7 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

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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