Improper Authentication Affecting wordpress package, versions <6.0.3+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-3323817
  • published17 Feb 2023
  • disclosed5 Dec 2022

Introduced: 5 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-43504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 6.0.3+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper authentication vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain the email address of the user who posted a blog using the WordPress Post by Email Feature. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1