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 to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.91% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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 Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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 Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.