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Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2023 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2023-39999WordPress < 6.3.2 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in WordPress from WordPress.org. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in WordPress from 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.13, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7, from 5.8 through 5.8.7, from 5.7 through 5.7.9, from 5.6 through 5.6.11, from 5.5 through 5.5.12, from 5.4 through 5.4.13, from 5.3 through 5.3.15, from 5.2 through 5.2.18, from 5.1 through 5.1.16, from 5.0 through 5.0.19, from 4.9 through 4.9.23, from 4.8 through 4.8.22, from 4.7 through 4.7.26, from 4.6 through 4.6.26, from 4.5 through 4.5.29, from 4.4 through 4.4.30, from 4.3 through 4.3.31, from 4.2 through 4.2.35, from 4.1 through 4.1.38.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12wordpress6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39999
Debian:12wordpress6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1DSA-5685-1
Debian:13wordpress6.3.2+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39999
Debian:14wordpress6.3.2+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39999
Ubuntu:25.10wordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39999
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39999
Ubuntu:26.10wordpressno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39999

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
WordPress.org WordPress 6.3 – through 6.3.16.2 – through 6.2.26.1 – through 6.1.36.0 – through 6.0.55.9 – through 5.9.75.8 – through 5.8.75.7 – through 5.7.95.6 – through 5.6.11

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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