CVE-2016-6897
Published: 18 January 2017
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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wordpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
disco |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
eoan |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
impish |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(4.6.1+dfsg-1)
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needed
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |