VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-43504
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.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
References
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/download/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/download/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.