Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affecting johnpbloch/wordpress-core package, versions >=6.3.0, <6.3.2>=6.2.0, <6.2.3>=6.1.0, <6.1.4>=6.0.0, <6.0.6>=5.9.0, <5.9.8>=5.8.0, <5.8.8>=5.7.0, <5.7.10>=5.6.0, <5.6.12>=5.5.0, <5.5.13>=5.4.0, <5.4.14>=5.3.0, <5.3.16>=5.2.0, <5.2.19>=5.1.0, <5.1.17>=5.0.0, <5.0.20>=4.0.0, <4.9.24>=4.8.0, <4.8.23>=4.7.0, <4.7.27


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
5.87% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-JOHNPBLOCHWORDPRESSCORE-5971806
  • published17 Oct 2023
  • disclosed16 Oct 2023
  • creditMarc Montpas

Introduced: 16 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5561  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade johnpbloch/wordpress-core to version 6.3.2, 6.2.3, 6.1.4, 6.0.6, 5.9.8, 5.8.8, 5.7.10, 5.6.12, 5.5.13, 5.4.14, 5.3.16, 5.2.19, 5.1.17, 5.0.20, 4.9.24, 4.8.23, 4.7.27 or higher.

Overview

johnpbloch/wordpress-core is a web software you can use to create a website or blog.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor allowing unauthenticated attackers to discern the email addresses of users who have published public posts on an affected website.

CVSS Scores

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