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High
CVE-2016-5835
WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive revision-history...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91366
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2904cc3092c391ac7027bc87f7806953d1a25a1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8519
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 29th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.