fkie_cve-2016-6635
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-08-07 16:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
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.
References
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