CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6816
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.7.2)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96598 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8767 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96598 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8767 Patch, Third Party Advisory