High severity · published Jun 29, 2016
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5835
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5835
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91366
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
Release Notes
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
github.com
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2904cc3092c391ac7027bc87f7806953d1a25a1
Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
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