CVE-2016-5837 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove a category attribute from a post via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-06-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.8% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3639-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6772	WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove a category attribute from a post via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02752.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91365
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8520

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-06-29T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.716Z

Reserved: 2016-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5837

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-29T14:10:08.850

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:50:07.240

Link: CVE-2016-5837

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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