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CVE-2016-5834

17
FAUCET Score

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.

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
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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
Release Notes
github.com / WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648
Patch
wordpress.org / news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3
PatchVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8518
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3639
securityfocus.com / bid/91368
securitytracker.com / id/1036163
Third Party Advisory