CVE-2016-5838 describes a vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3, allowing remote attackers to bypass password-change restrictions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impact, as an attacker with knowledge of a cookie could force a password change. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, 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:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.