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8.8high

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 WordPr…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.9%
percentile 80%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.91% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds
WordPress (RSS, critical only)

References

  • wpvulndb.com /vulnerabilities/8475 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • codex.wordpress.org /Version_4.5 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3681 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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