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CVE-2023-5692

WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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'.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WordPress· WordPressdrupal
60%
v ≤ 6.4.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-200

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