CVE-2016-6897 - CVE Vulnerability

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. (CVSS:0.0) (Last Update:2017-01-18)

Vulnerability Details : 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. Publish Date : 2017-01-18 Last Update Date : 2017-01-18 - CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types CVSS Score 0.0 Confidentiality Impact ??? Integrity Impact ??? Availability Impact ??? Access Complexity ??? Authentication ??? Gained Access None Vulnerability Type(s) CSRF CWE ID CWE id is not defined for this vulnerability - Products Affected By CVE-2016-6897 # Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language No vulnerable product found. If the vulnerability is created recently it may take a few days to gather vulnerable products list and other information like cvss scores. Please check again in a few days. - References For CVE-2016-6897 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1 MLIST [oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568 CONFIRM https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html

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