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CVE-2016-5833

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5833 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3, specifically within the column_title function. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML by crafting a malicious attachment name, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation. While the potential impact includes limited confidentiality and integrity compromise, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

codex.wordpress.org / Version_4.5.3
github.com / WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648
Patch
wordpress.org / news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3
PatchVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8518
securityfocus.com / bid/91368
securitytracker.com / id/1036163
Third Party Advisory