What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5838

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.

Affected products

• WordPress: through 4.5.2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91367
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91367
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524

Get alerted when CVE-2016-5838 or the next vulnerability affects your stack