CVE-2016-6635
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6635
To remediate CVE-2016-6635, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.5+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6635 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.5+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |