Wordpress : Security Vulnerabilities Published In 2017 (Bypass)

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.
Max Base Score
4.3
Published 2017-01-18
Updated 2017-03-16
EPSS 0.09%
1 vulnerabilities found
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