vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2016-5836: Unspecified Security Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 29, 2016
Added
May 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_5_3
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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