CVE-2016-5838

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 29, 2016
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jun 23, 2016

Description

WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended password-change restrictions by leveraging knowledge of a cookie.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
1036163vdb-entry
91367vdb-entry
DSA-3639vendor-advisory

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