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CVE-2016-5837

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5837 describes a vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3, allowing remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and remove a category attribute from a post. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, leading to a high impact on integrity. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, 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

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
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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
wordpress.org / news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3
PatchVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8520
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3639
securityfocus.com / bid/91365
securitytracker.com / id/1036163
Third Party Advisory