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Subject:    [FD] Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers
From:       Summer of Pwnage <lists () securify ! nl>
Date:       2016-08-20 9:04:47
Message-ID: 64d8d898-6d48-55ce-7365-0db552bd1e52 () securify ! nl
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Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlers
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Yorick Koster, July 2016

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Abstract
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A path traversal vulnerability was found in the Core Ajax handlers of
the WordPress Admin API. This issue can (potentially) be used by an
authenticated user (Subscriber) to create a denial of service condition
of an affected WordPress site.

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OVE ID
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OVE-20160712-0036

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See also
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#37490 - Improve capability checks in wp_ajax_update_plugin() and
wp_ajax_delete_plugin()

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Tested versions
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This issue was successfully tested on the WordPress version 4.5.3.

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Fix
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WordPress version 4.6 mitigates this vulnerability by moving the CSRF
check to the top of the affected method(s).

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Details
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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html

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