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CVE-2016-6635

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Date: August 7, 2016

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.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (8)

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6635
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6635
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6635
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6635

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-352

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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