CVE-2016-6897 json
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress be…
published 2017-01-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7782
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 28.8%
- EPSS 28.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
- public exploits
- 2
- Metasploit, Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.6.1+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6897
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6897 updated
wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in wordpress 4.6
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-40288)
- Published
Exploit prediction
28.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_directory_traversal_dos WordPress Traversal Directory DoS metasploit auxiliary, normal rank
- EDB-40288 WordPress Core 4.5.3 - Directory Traversal / Denial of Service webapps, 2016-08-22
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
- Technology feeds
References
- github.com /WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c82515ab62b88fb32d01c9778f0204b296f3568
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exploit-db.com
/exploits/40288/
exploit
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securityfocus.com
/bid/92572
vdb-entry
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securitytracker.com
/id/1036683
vdb-entry
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1
mailing-list
- sumofpwn.nl /advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html
- wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/8606
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-6897
- NVD CVE-2016-6897
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