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CVE-2016-5836
The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
High7.5EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- debian
Description
The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8523 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 91363 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180730 [SECURITY] [DLA 1452-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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