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CVE-2022-43504

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
05/12/2022
Last modified:
24/04/2025

Description

Improper authentication vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain the email address of the user who posted a blog using the WordPress Post by Email Feature. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.7.40 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.8 (including) 3.8.40 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.9 (including) 3.9.39 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0 (including) 4.0.37 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.1 (including) 4.1.37 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2 (including) 4.2.34 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.3 (including) 4.3.30 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.4 (including) 4.4.29 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.5 (including) 4.5.28 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.6 (including) 4.6.25 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.7 (including) 4.7.25 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.8 (including) 4.8.21 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.9 (including) 4.9.22 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0 (including) 5.0.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.1 (including) 5.1.15 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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