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GHSA-4FGX-WPWV-VR2R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:37 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:01

Details

WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive revision-history information by leveraging the ability to read a post, related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-admin/revision.php.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2016-5835 (GCVE-0-2016-5835)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-29 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

debian

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91366	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a29…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8519	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Date Public

2016-06-18 00:00

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GHSA-4FGX-WPWV-VR2R

CVE-2016-5835 (GCVE-0-2016-5835)

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