WordPress Plugin Update Vulnerability

WordPress Plugin Update Vulnerability

CVE-2016-10148 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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