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Vulnerability details: VCID-aesj-sy6k-57de
Vulnerability ID VCID-aesj-sy6k-57de
Aliases CVE-2016-5833
Summary Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the column_title function in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted attachment name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5834.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
epss 0.01221 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5833
cvssv3 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5833
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5833
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5833
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4372cdf45d0f49c74bbd4d60db7281de83e32648
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8518
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91368
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036163
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-5833 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5833
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5833
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5833
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79019
EPSS Score 0.01221
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:32:06.600770+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0