CVE-2016-10148

NameCVE-2016-10148
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1fixed
trixie6.5+dfsg1-1fixed
sid6.5.2+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourcewheezy(not affected)
wordpresssourcejessie(not affected)
wordpresssource(unstable)4.6.1+dfsg-1

Notes

[jessie] - wordpress <not-affected> (wp_ajax_update_plugin function introduced in 4.2)
[wheezy] - wordpress <not-affected> (wp_ajax_update_plugin function introduced in 4.2)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168

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