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CVE-2016-68971 exploit

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress be…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
28.8%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

28.82% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40288 WordPress Core 4.5.3 - Directory Traversal / Denial of Service · webapps · 2016-08-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds
WordPress (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/92572 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036683 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40288/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • sumofpwn.nl /advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/8606 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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