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CVE-2023-39999

CVE-2023-39999MEDIUM

WordPress.org WordPress — WordPress < 6.3.2 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   N  U  L  N  N    4.3   .0104   63.1     —

AFFECTED
  Product    Versions  Fixed
  WordPress  6.3 –     6.3.2

TIMELINE
  Aug 8   Reserved by Patchstack
  Oct 13  Published (CNA: Patchstack)
  Oct 5   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2023-39999 (WordPress.org WordPress). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-200 · CNA: Patchstack · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 8, 2023	Reserved	Reserved by Patchstack
October 13, 2023	Published	Published (CNA: Patchstack)
October 5, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2023-39999 (WordPress.org WordPress). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
WordPress.org	WordPress	—	6.3	6.3.2

Weaknesses

CWE-200

References (6)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2EVFT4DPZRFTXJPEPADM22BZVIUD2P66/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCCVDPKOK57WCTH2QJ5DJM3B53RJNZKA/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQBL4ZQCBFNQ76XHM5257CIBFQRGT5QY/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://patchstack.com/articles/wordpress-core-6-3-2-security-update-technical-advisory?_s_id=cve [Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress/wordpress-wordpress-core-core-6-3-2-contributor-comment-read-on-private-and-password-protected-post-vulnerability?_s_id=cve [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2023-39999 at cve.org

Vendors: wordpress.org

Weaknesses: CWE-200

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