CVE-2016-5839 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3, allowing remote attackers to bypass the sanitize_file_name protection mechanism through unspecified vectors. This network-exploitable flaw has low attack complexity and no user interaction, enabling an attacker to achieve high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is no known exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or active exploitation.
| 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
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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.