CVE-2016-6635
N/A
Published: August 7, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v ≤ 4.4.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aabx_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352
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