Name: CVE-2016-10148: Improper Access Control
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-10148, CWE-254, CWE-284, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.0045

The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 makes a get_plugin_data call before checking the update_plugins capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended read-access restrictions via the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 4.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordpress	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 18, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 18, 2017
Wordpress	—	Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.6.0	May 23, 2019	Jan 18, 2017

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CVSS Details

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