CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5838

Published: Jun 29, 2016 | Modified: Nov 30, 2016
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wordpress Wordpress * 4.5.2 (including)
Wordpress Ubuntu artful *
Wordpress Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Wordpress Ubuntu precise *
Wordpress Ubuntu trusty *
Wordpress Ubuntu upstream *
Wordpress Ubuntu wily *
Wordpress Ubuntu xenial *
Wordpress Ubuntu yakkety *
Wordpress Ubuntu zesty *

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