CVE-2016-6896 | BDVDB-2026-80442 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606

Exploit#

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/

History#

Version 12017-01-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.