CVE-2023-5561

State: PUBLISHED · Published: 2023-10-16 · Updated: 2025-04-23 · Assigner: WPScan

Description

WordPress does not properly restrict which user fields are searchable via the REST API, allowing unauthenticated attackers to discern the email addresses of users who have published public posts on an affected website via an Oracle style attack

CWE

(none)

Affected

WordPress / WordPress — v=6.3.0 <6.3.2 [affected]; v=6.2.0 <6.2.3 [affected]; v=6.1.0 <6.1.4 [affected]; v=6.0.0 <6.0.6 [affected]; v=5.9.0 <5.9.8 [affected]; v=5.8.0 <5.8.8 [affected]; v=5.7.0 <5.7.10 [affected]; v=5.6.0 <5.6.12 [affected]; v=5.5.0 <5.5.13 [affected]; v=5.4.0 <5.4.14 [affected]; v=5.3.0 <5.3.16 [affected]; v=5.2.0 <5.2.19 [affected]; v=5.0.0 <5.0.20 [affected]; v=4.9.0 <4.9.24 [affected]; v=4.8.0 <4.8.23 [affected]; v=4.7.0 <4.7.27 [affected]

CVSS

(none)

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19380917-4c27-4095-abf1-eba6f913b441 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
https://wpscan.com/blog/email-leak-oracle-vulnerability-addressed-in-wordpress-6-3-2/ technical-description
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html

Source

cvelistV5-main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5561.json