CVE-2023-5561 (GCVE-0-2023-5561)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 19:39 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:12
VLAI?
Title
WordPress < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Post Author Email Disclosure
Summary
WordPress does not properly restrict which user fields are searchable via the REST API, allowing unauthenticated attackers to discern the email addresses of users who have published public posts on an affected website via an Oracle style attack
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| WordPress | WordPress |
Affected:
6.3.0 , < 6.3.2
(semver)
Affected: 6.2.0 , < 6.2.3 (semver) Affected: 6.1.0 , < 6.1.4 (semver) Affected: 6.0.0 , < 6.0.6 (semver) Affected: 5.9.0 , < 5.9.8 (semver) Affected: 5.8.0 , < 5.8.8 (semver) Affected: 5.7.0 , < 5.7.10 (semver) Affected: 5.6.0 , < 5.6.12 (semver) Affected: 5.5.0 , < 5.5.13 (semver) Affected: 5.4.0 , < 5.4.14 (semver) Affected: 5.3.0 , < 5.3.16 (semver) Affected: 5.2.0 , < 5.2.19 (semver) Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.20 (semver) Affected: 4.9.0 , < 4.9.24 (semver) Affected: 4.8.0 , < 4.8.23 (semver) Affected: 4.7.0 , < 4.7.27 (semver) |
Credits
Marc Montpas
WPScan
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