CVE-2016-6897 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568 https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
REQUIRED
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
NONE
Base Severity
6.5