{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "4.5.5"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "f33932899302ef01910a9785cb65998ecd8a552f"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The 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.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-10148",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:08:56.179475603Z",
  "published": "2017-01-18T21:59:00.247Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96847"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37490"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/38168"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}