CVE-2016-5838 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.

Published: 2016-06-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% 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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n/a

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-568-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3639-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6773	WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.

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 0.01728.

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/91367
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/8524

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.827Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-5838

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-29T14:10:09.867

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

Link: CVE-2016-5838

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-255

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