CVE-2016-5836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-06-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 7.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-633-1	wordpress security update
Debian DLA	DLA-1452-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6771	The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service 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 None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07246.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91363
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00046.html
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8523

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.037Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5836

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-29T14:10:07.943

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5836

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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