CVE-2016-5835

HIGH

WordPress < 4.5.2 - Exposure of Sensitive Revision-History Information via Post Reading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91366
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8519
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0194
EPSS Percentile 83.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 4.5.2
Published Jun 29, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026