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.
Published: 2016-08-07
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-633-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3681-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3681-2 wordpress regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7540 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.074Z

Reserved: 2016-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6635

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-07T16:59:17.113

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6635

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