{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2016-10148", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "96847", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96847" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1" }, { "name": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168" }, { "name": "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html" }, { "name": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490" } ] } }