CVE-2016-6896
WordPress Directory Traversal Denial of Service/Information Disclosure
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 18, 2017, 9:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
4.2
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-6896.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 | |
| https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/ | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 | |
| https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/ |
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 Added Reference https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html No Types Assigned https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html Third Party Advisory, Technical Description, Exploit Added CWE CWE-22 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6896 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6896
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
24.30 }} -21.50%
score
0.95631
percentile