CVE-2016-10148: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.5.5

Published 2017-01-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.