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CVE-2016-6635
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-07T16:59:17.113 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:51:30.620

Summary

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.

Affected products

wordpress — wordpress

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References

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