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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-633-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3681-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3681-2 wordpress regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7540 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.074Z

Reserved: 2016-08-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6635

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-07T16:59:17.113

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6635

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