PT-2016-7010 · WordPress · Wordpress

E3Amn2L + 1 · Published 2016-08-07 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2016-6635

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.5

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists in the wp ajax wp compression test function, located in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php, allowing remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication for requests that modify the script compression option.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.5, update to version 4.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6635

DLA-633-1

DSA-3681-1

DSA-3681-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 23

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9b7a7754133c50b82bd9d976fb5b24094f658aab · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3681-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3681-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6635 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6635 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6635 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6634 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3681-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3681-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7168 · Security Note