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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2023-5561

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

WordPress versions prior to 4.7.27, 4.8.x prior to 4.8.23, 4.9.x prior to 4.9.24, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.20, 5.1.x prior to 5.1.17, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.19, 5.3.x prior to 5.3.16, 5.4.x prior to 5.4.14, 5.5.x prior to 5.5.13, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.12, 5.7.x prior to 5.7.10, 5.8.x prior to 5.8.8, 5.9.x prior to 5.9.8, 6.0.x prior to 6.0.6, 6.1.x prior to 6.1.4, 6.2.x prior to 6.2.3, and 6.3.x prior to 6.3.2 does not properly restrict which user fields are searchable via the REST API, which leads to vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published