CVE-2016-6896

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

38.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-01-18 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2ece8c01bd5734dcfe386c2f71d2ef16982fd4a82a82fcbf4c744eba1270992a

• www.securitytracker.com1036683http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036683vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com40288https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40288/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160820 Path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core Ajax handlershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/20/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• sumofpwn.nlhttps://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/path_traversal_vulnerability_in_wordpress_core_ajax_handlers.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8606x_refsource_MISC