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CVE-2016-6635 Details

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_wp_compression_test function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the script compression option.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5 CVERelease Notes
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab CVEPatch
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681 CVE
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5 [email protected]Release Notes

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wordpress wordpress
<= 4.4.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6635
NVD Published Date:
Aug 7, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6635 Details - Not Deferred