WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-5692
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-04-05 13:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:18:32 UTC
DescriptionWordPress Core is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the redirect_guess_404_permalink function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to expose the slug of a custom post whose 'publicly_queryable' post status has been set to 'false'.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-200 CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA WordPress Foundation WordPress affected 6.4.3 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_publicly_viewable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e6f993b-ce09-4050-84a1-cbe99... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com
developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_type_viewable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.wordpress.org
github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.3/src/wp-includes/canonica... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/57645 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 core.trac.wordpress.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Francesco Carlucci (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-10-10T00:00:00.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2024-04-04T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed

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