ubuntu-cve-2023-5692
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-04-05 13:15
Modified
2025-10-24 05:01
Summary
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'.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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      },
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          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "6.4.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1"
          },
          {
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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 \u0027publicly_queryable\u0027 post status has been set to \u0027false\u0027.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5692",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:01:36Z",
  "published": "2024-04-05T13:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5692"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/57645"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e6f993b-ce09-4050-84a1-cbe9953f36b1?source=cve"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.3/src/wp-includes/canonical.php#L763"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_publicly_viewable/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_type_viewable/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5692"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-5692"
  ]
}



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