CVE-2016-5838
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5838
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5838.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5838
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-06-29T14:10:09.867Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T14:50:10.897073Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_FIELD", "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.5.2" } ] }