QID 154145

Date Published: 2023-10-19

QID 154145: WordPress Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2023-39999)

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database.

A vulnerability in WordPress that exposes sensitive information to an unauthorized actor.

Affected Versions:
WordPress from 4.1 to 4.1.38
WordPress from 4.2 to 4.2.35
WordPress from 4.3 to 4.3.31
WordPress from 4.4 to 4.4.30
WordPress from 4.5 to 4.5.29
WordPress from 4.6 to 4.6.26
WordPress from 4.7 to 4.7.26
WordPress from 4.8 to 4.8.22
WordPress from 4.9 to 4.9.23
WordPress from 5.0 to 5.0.19
WordPress from 5.1 to 5.1.16
WordPress from 5.2 to 5.2.18
WordPress from 5.3 to 5.3.15
WordPress from 5.4 to 5.4.13
WordPress from 5.5 to 5.5.12
WordPress from 5.6 to 5.6.11
WordPress from 5.7 to 5.7.9
WordPress from 5.8 to 5.8.7
WordPress from 5.9 to 5.9.7
WordPress from 6.0 to 6.0.5
WordPress from 6.1 to 6.1.3
WordPress from 6.2 to 6.2.2
WordPress from 6.3 to 6.3.1

QID Detection Logic:
This QID sends an HTTP GET request and checks for vulnerable version of WordPress running on the target application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthorized attacker to gain Sensitive Information.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress to remediate these vulnerabilities. For more information regarding these vulnerabilities please visit WordPress Security Release.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 154145

    CVE-2023-39999 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    WordPress URL Logo wordpress.org/news/2023/10/wordpress-6-3-2-maintenance-and-security-release/
    WordPress URL Logo wordpress.org/download/
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