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CVE-2016-5832

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0279 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

codex.wordpress.org / Version_4.5.3
wordpress.org / news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3
PatchVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8522
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3639
securityfocus.com / bid/91362
securitytracker.com / id/1036163
Third Party Advisory