Executive Summary
Informations | |||
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Name | CVE-2016-6896 | First vendor Publication | 2017-01-18 |
Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2017-09-03 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | 7.1 | ||
Base Score | 7.1 | Environmental Score | 7.1 |
impact SubScore | 4.2 | Temporal Score | 7.1 |
Exploitabality Sub Score | 2.8 | ||
Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | Low | User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | Low |
Integrity Impact | None | Availability Impact | High |
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 5.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8 | Authentication | Requires single instance |
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Detail
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. |
Original Source
Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6896 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-22 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2017-02-21 | WordPress Admin API ajax-actions.php directory traversal attempt RuleID : 41355 - Revision : 2 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP |
Metasploit Database
id | Description |
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2020-05-23 | WordPress Traversal Directory DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2016-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-80a1d6211a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-91bfe9ddb8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-a8657278bf.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-25 | Name : A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vu... File : wordpress_4_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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2021-05-04 12:53:45 |
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2020-05-23 13:17:09 |
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2020-05-23 00:52:51 |
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2017-09-03 09:24:06 |
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2017-08-16 09:22:58 |
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2017-07-17 17:22:20 |
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2017-01-20 21:22:42 |
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2017-01-19 05:23:53 |
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