CVE-2016-6635

WordPress Core < 4.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via wp_ajax_wp_compression_test

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de CSRF en la función wp_ajax_wp_compression_test en wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.5 permite a atacantes remotos secuestrar la autenticación de administradores para peticiones que cambian la opción de compresión de la escritura.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-03-12 CVE Published
2016-08-07 CVE Reserved
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5	Release Notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8475	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab	2017-11-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681	2017-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.4.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.4.2"		-		Affected