CVE-2023-5561 (GCVE-0-2023-5561)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-16 19:39
Modified
2025-04-23 16:12
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| WordPress | WordPress |
Version: 6.3.0 ≤ Version: 6.2.0 ≤ Version: 6.1.0 ≤ Version: 6.0.0 ≤ Version: 5.9.0 ≤ Version: 5.8.0 ≤ Version: 5.7.0 ≤ Version: 5.6.0 ≤ Version: 5.5.0 ≤ Version: 5.4.0 ≤ Version: 5.3.0 ≤ Version: 5.2.0 ≤ Version: 5.0.0 ≤ Version: 4.9.0 ≤ Version: 4.8.0 ≤ Version: 4.7.0 ≤ |
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