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CVE-2016-6635

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_wp_compression_test function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-ac

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00289
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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Affected Products & Versions

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wordpress<= 4.4.2
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD07 Aug 2016 · 04:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5Release Notes
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aabPatch
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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