vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2016-5838: Credentials Management

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

Description

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

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_5_3
Title
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