vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-6896): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jan 18, 2017 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 18, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
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