CVE-2023-5561: WordPress < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Post Author Email Disclosure
Vendor fix available · Affected: WordPress · Exploitation: check available, not yet exploited
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
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DescriptionCVE.org
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
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- WordPress · WordPressfrom 6.3.0 before 6.3.2; from 6.2.0 before 6.2.3; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.4; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.6; from 5.9.0 before 5.9.8; from 5.8.0 before 5.8.8 and 10 more
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- Exploitation
- Check available, not yet exploited. A public nuclei template can confirm it on a system you are authorised to test.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- WordPress Core - Post Author Email Disclosure · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
- Vendor
- WordPress
- Published
- October 2023
- Bounty reports
- 1 disclosed on HackerOne
Disclosed bug bounty reports about CVE-2023-5561
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- CVE-2023-5561 on Payapps.comAutodesk · 2025 · medium severityValid
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