WordPress Core < 4.5.3 - Revision History Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2016-5835
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published June 18, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher John Blackbourn, Dan Moen
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.14
  • 3.8 - 3.8.14
  • 3.9 - 3.9.12
  • 4.0 - 4.0.11
  • 4.1 - 4.1.11
  • 4.2 - 4.2.8
  • 4.3 - 4.3.4
  • 4.4 - 4.4.3
  • 4.5 - 4.5.2
Patched Version
  • 3.7.15
  • 3.8.15
  • 3.9.13
  • 4.0.12
  • 4.1.12
  • 4.2.9
  • 4.3.5
  • 4.4.4
  • 4.5.3
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