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CVE-2016-5836

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5836 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability within the oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3, affecting all WordPress installations. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete denial of service without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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

7.5HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0408 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00046.html
wordpress.org / news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3
PatchVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8523
securityfocus.com / bid/91363
securitytracker.com / id/1036163
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry