CVE-2016-5834 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3, specifically within the wp_get_attachment_link function. An attacker could inject malicious web script or HTML by crafting a specially named attachment. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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