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

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - contact@wpscan.com

Published

2023-10-16

Last modified

2025-04-23

Affected products

• Wordpress (Wordpress)

References

• 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