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CVE-2016-6897

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Published: Jan 18, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Wordpress: Wordpress
Wordpress
1 product
Wordpress
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Wordpress
Up to 4.5.5

Related CWEs

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (14)

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