Directory traversal vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress 4.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or read certain text files via a .. (dot dot) in the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, as demonstrated by /dev/random read operations that deplete the entropy pool.
| Max Base Score | 7.1 |
| Published | 2017-01-18 |
| Updated | 2017-09-03 |
| EPSS | 32.65% |
1 vulnerabilities found