cve/2016/CVE-2016-10148.md

### [CVE-2016-10148](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10148)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/JNado/CST312-WordPressExploits