VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5835
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive revision-history information by leveraging the ability to read a post, related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-admin/revision.php.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.78%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive revision-history information by leveraging the ability to read a post, related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-admin/revision.php.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.78% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91366
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3Release Notes
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2904cc3092c391ac7027bc87f7806953d1a25a1
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8519
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91366
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3Release Notes
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2904cc3092c391ac7027bc87f7806953d1a25a1
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8519
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.