CVE-2023-5692

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'.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.3 Medium

Status

Deferred - security@wordfence.com

Published

2024-04-05

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Wordpress (Wordpress Foundation)

References

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