CVE-2023-5692

Publication date 5 April 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the redirect_guess_404_permalink function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to expose the slug of a custom post whose ‘publicly_queryable’ post status has been set to ‘false’.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wordpress	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/57645
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e6f993b-ce09-4050-84a1-cbe9953f36b1?source=cve
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.3/src/wp-includes/canonical.php#L763
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_publicly_viewable/
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_type_viewable/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5692