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CVE-2016-5835
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive revision-history information by leveraging the ability to read a post,…
High7.5EPSS 3.8%
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- debian
Description
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive revision-history information by leveraging the ability to read a post, related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-admin/revision.php.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 91366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2904cc3092c391ac7027bc87f7806953d1a25a1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8519 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-3639 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .