CVE-2016-6897 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack subscriber authentication via CSRF in WordPress plugin update actions, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-6897?
CVE-2016-6897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 18 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6897?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6897?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-6897 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-6897 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6897, GHSA-rxch-vxwr-47jw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6897.