CVE-2016-5837

7.5 highEPSS 2.8%

WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and remove a category attribute from a post via unspecified vectors.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2016-06-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91365
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/

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