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GHSA-7R4R-QF37-VQQQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:17 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:31

Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress 4.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or read certain text files via a .. (dot dot) in the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, as demonstrated by /dev/random read operations that deplete the entropy pool.

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2016-6896 (GCVE-0-2016-6896)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-18 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:43

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606	x_refsource_MISC

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GHSA-7R4R-QF37-VQQQ

CVE-2016-6896 (GCVE-0-2016-6896)

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