CVE-2016-6635

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.

We have discovered 309,817 live websites that are affected by CVE-2016-6635.

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Affected Software

Product  WordPress
Category Content Management System
Vulnerable Domains309,817 live websites (3.88% of WordPress install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 4.5
Vulnerable Versions Count810 versions ( 54% of all versions)



Details

  • Published - Aug 7, 2016
  • Updated - Aug 6, 2024

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2016-6635
United States59,611 websites


Italy45,737 websites
Japan25,803 websites
Germany21,264 websites
Russia15,139 websites
France12,960 websites
GB12,400 websites
Netherlands9,884 websites
Kazakhstan7,034 websites
Spain5,930 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2016-6635
.com110,442 websites
.it30,556 websites
.ru12,666 websites
.org11,712 websites
.de11,188 websites
.net9,830 websites
.nl7,928 websites
.co.uk7,055 websites
.jp6,264 websites
.fr5,504 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2016-6635

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2016-6635. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
*******.com United States*,***
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********.com United States*,***
************.org United States*,***
******.com France*,***
*******.org United States*,***
*********.io Netherlands*,***
*******.com United States*,***
********.eu Austria*,***
*************.org United States*,***
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FAQ

A total of 309,817 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2016-6635, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The WordPress is affected by the CVE-2016-6635 vulnerability.
WordPress versions up to and including 4.5 are vulnerable to CVE-2016-6635.