CVE-2016-10148

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CVSS 3.0

4.3 medium

EPSS

2%p75

Published

Jan 18, 2017 (Jan 18, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: wordpress
Products: wordpress
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-254, CWE-284
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.6%)

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