CVE-2016-6896
7.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 35.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6896
To remediate CVE-2016-6896, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.6.1+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6896 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 35.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.6.1+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |