Vulnerability CVE-2016-5838

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-5838 (CCN-114423)

Assigned:

2016-06-23

Published:

2016-06-23

Updated:

2016-11-30

Summary:

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

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-255

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-5838

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:55:12 -0400 (EDT)
Re: CVE Requests: WordPress: 4.5.3 maintenance and security release: several issues

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3639

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
91367

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory
1036163

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-cve20165838-weak-security(114423)

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress 4.5.3 Maintenance and Security Release

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-5838

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 4.5.2)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1018	P	DSA-3639-1 -- wordpress -- security update	2016-09-16
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201658380000000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20165838000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20165838000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201658380000000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20165838000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165838000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201658380000000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20165838000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201658380000000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2016-06-29
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20165838000	V	CVE-2016-5838 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2016-06-29

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