CVE-2016-6897

WordPress Core < 4.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de CSRF en la función wp_ajax_update_plugin en wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.6 permite a atacantes remotos secuestrar la autenticación de subscriptores para operaciones de lectura /dev/random aprovechando una llamada tardía a la función check_ajax_referer, un caso relacionado con CVE-2016-6896.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-08-16 CVE Published
2016-08-22 CVE Reserved
2024-06-30 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683	Vdb Entry
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568	X_refsource_confirm
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html	X_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.5.5 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.5.5"		-		Affected