CVE-2016-5838
Published Jun 29, 2016
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.
- Source
- security@debian.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-255
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "6FD1C123-A5DE-4665-BC7B-46996C86E185",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.5.2"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]