CVE-2016-6897
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 30.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6897
To remediate CVE-2016-6897, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.6.1+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6897 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 30.3%. 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 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |