CVE-2016-6897

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• WordPress Core 4.5.3 - Directory Traversal / Denial of Service2016-08-22 · webapps · php · Verified

Impact

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of subscribers for /dev/random read operations by leveraging a late call to the check_ajax_referer function, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
• https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
• https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/