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Wordpress: CVE-2017-6816: Improper Access Control

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Wordpress: CVE-2017-6816: Improper Access Control

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/16/2017
Modified
05/23/2019

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-4_7_3

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