CVE-2022-43504

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Improper authentication vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to o

Improper authentication vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain the email address of the user who posted a blog using the WordPress Post by Email Feature. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.02475

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SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication

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Affected Products & Versions

wordpress< 3.7.40
wordpress>= 3.8 and < 3.8.40
wordpress>= 3.9 and < 3.9.39
wordpress>= 4.0 and < 4.0.37
wordpress>= 4.1 and < 4.1.37
wordpress>= 4.2 and < 4.2.34
wordpress>= 4.3 and < 4.3.30
wordpress>= 4.4 and < 4.4.29
Show all 24 affected productswordpress>= 4.5 and < 4.5.28
wordpress>= 4.6 and < 4.6.25
wordpress>= 4.7 and < 4.7.25
wordpress>= 4.8 and < 4.8.21
wordpress>= 4.9 and < 4.9.22
wordpress>= 5.0 and < 5.0.18
wordpress>= 5.1 and < 5.1.15
wordpress>= 5.2 and < 5.2.17
wordpress>= 5.3 and < 5.3.14
wordpress>= 5.4 and < 5.4.12
wordpress>= 5.5 and < 5.5.11
wordpress>= 5.6 and < 5.6.10
wordpress>= 5.7 and < 5.7.8
wordpress>= 5.8 and < 5.8.6
wordpress>= 5.9 and < 5.9.5
wordpress>= 6.0 and < 6.0.3

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Scoring & Timeline

5.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · vultures@jpcert.or.jp

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD05 Dec 2022 · 04:15 AM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Exploitation

none

Automatable

yes

Technical impact

partial

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://wordpress.org/download/ProductVendor Advisory

https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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