VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5561
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
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 3.86%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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
- 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
- 3.86% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html
- https://wpscan.com/blog/email-leak-oracle-vulnerability-addressed-in-wordpress-6-3-2/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19380917-4c27-4095-abf1-eba6f913b441Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html
- https://wpscan.com/blog/email-leak-oracle-vulnerability-addressed-in-wordpress-6-3-2/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19380917-4c27-4095-abf1-eba6f913b441Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.