VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5838
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.86%). 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 bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.86% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91367
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91367
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163Third Party Advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.