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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-04-09 10:59

Modified

2026-04-08 18:15

Summary

WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink

Details

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'.

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  },
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  "id": "BIT-wordpress-2023-5692",
  "modified": "2026-04-08T18:15:20.423Z",
  "published": "2024-04-09T10:59:36.633Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/57645"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_publicly_viewable/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_type_viewable/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.3/src/wp-includes/canonical.php#L763"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e6f993b-ce09-4050-84a1-cbe9953f36b1?source=cve"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5692"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "WordPress Core \u003c= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink"
}

CVE-2023-5692 (GCVE-0-2023-5692)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-05 12:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:59

Title

WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-04-05 13:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/bl…
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functio…
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functio…
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/57645

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
WordPress Foundation	WordPress	Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.4.3 (semver)

Credits

Francesco Carlucci

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