High severity · published Aug 7, 2016
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…
8.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6635
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6635
Release Notes
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
Patch
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab
Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475
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