5.3

CVE-2023-5692: wordpress foundation wordpress

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-5692DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5692
Published 05-04-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-5692 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in wordpress foundation wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.2% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 6.5.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.84%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-04-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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'.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.84% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.84%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.5+dfsg1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wordpress1 product
  • wordpress≤ 6.4.3 (fixed in 6.5)
Wordpress foundation1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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