THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-5836
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-5836

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Wordpress
Affected product
Wordpress
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2016-06-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-5836

  • Confirm whether Wordpress Wordpress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-5836.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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