{"id":"CVE-2016-10148","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:47:15.229271Z","published":"2017-01-18T21:59:00.247Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96847"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"f33932899302ef01910a9785cb65998ecd8a552f"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.5.5"}]}}],"versions":["4.5.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10148.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"}]}