Directory Traversal Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.6.1+dfsg-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362665
- published 18 Jan 2017
- disclosed 18 Jan 2017
Introduced: 18 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-6896 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.6.1+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6896
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6896
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288