GoogleOSV:CVE-2016-6897CVE-2016-6897
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
0.327 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.9%
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.
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/
Related
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5.5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
0.327 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.9%