PT-2016-6706 · WordPress · Wordpress

Divyesh Prajapati + 1 · Published 2016-06-29 · Updated 2016-11-30 · CVE-2016-5838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.5.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.5.3, update to version 4.5.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5838

DLA-568-1

DSA-3639-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 26

• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5838 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5838 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8834 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5838 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5834 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5838 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3639-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5832 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5838 · Security Note