CVE-2023-5692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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'.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00855.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink
Weaknesses		CWE-200

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-04-05T12:52:32.816Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:59:40.696Z

Reserved: 2023-10-20T20:25:15.177Z

Link: CVE-2023-5692

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.642Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-04-05T13:15:07.773

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:32.307

Link: CVE-2023-5692

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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