CVE-2016-5832 describes a vulnerability in WordPress before version 4.5.3, where the customizer component allows remote attackers to bypass intended redirection restrictions through unspecified vectors. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high integrity impact, though without confidentiality or availability impact. Despite its high severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.