Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6897
CVE-2016-6897
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.5.5
- (no CPE)range: <4.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92572nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683nvd
- github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568nvd
- sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.htmlnvd
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/nvd
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