SERVER-WEBAPP WordPress Admin API ajax-actions.php directory traversal attempt

IPS-NPA

1 SID: 41355

Description

Detects an attempt to exploit CVE-2016-6896, and CVE-2016-6897, a directory traversal flaw that can read or write files outside the intended paths in WordPress Admin API ajax-actions.php.

CVEs

CVE-2016-6896 CVE-2016-6897