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Vulnerability details: VCID-h1fb-65br-93fb
Vulnerability ID VCID-h1fb-65br-93fb
Aliases CVE-2016-5838
Summary security update
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
epss 0.01728 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5838
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5838
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5838
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5.3
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8834
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5832
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5834
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5835
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5837
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5838
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5839
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8524
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91367
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-2016-5838 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5838
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5838
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:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5838
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 0.82367
EPSS Score 0.01728
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:06:23.457403+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-jessie.xml.bz2 38.0.0