CVE-2016-5838

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
2025-12-05T23:51:33.949281Z
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
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
d11bf53a9998cf8ba267c983074c1eb8f3f91dcb

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5838.json"

Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
ce3a851b75dbe6d7a3c41ebf2b9c3d6f457c624d

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5838.json"