CVE-2016-6635

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5	Release Notes
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab	Patch
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5	Release Notes
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab	Patch
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

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Information

Published : 2016-08-07 16:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-6635

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6635

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6635

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Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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