Security Features Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-WORDPRESS-362817
  • published18 Jan 2017
  • disclosed18 Jan 2017

Introduced: 18 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10148  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 makes a get_plugin_data call before checking the update_plugins capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended read-access restrictions via the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896.