WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-5692
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published April 4, 2024
Last Updated April 5, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the redirect_guess_404_permalink function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to expose the slug of a custom post whose 'publicly_queryable' post status has been set to 'false'.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.4.3
Patched Version
  • 6.5
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