Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-5561

Title: Wordpress

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-5561.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 16, 2023
Modified Date Apr 23, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
53.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-5561: 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

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html https://wpscan.com/blog/email-leak-oracle-vulnerability-addressed-in-wordpress-6-3-2/ https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19380917-4c27-4095-abf1-eba6f913b441 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html https://wpscan.com/blog/email-leak-oracle-vulnerability-addressed-in-wordpress-6-3-2/ https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19380917-4c27-4095-abf1-eba6f913b441
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-5561 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.