CVE-2016-5837
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.83%
Description
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove a category attribute from a post via unspecified vectors.
How to fix CVE-2016-5837
To remediate CVE-2016-5837, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.5.3+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-5837 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.5.3+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |