SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-5561

CVE-2023-5561 — WordPress does not properly restrict which user fields are searchable via the RE

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

CVSS
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EPSS
53.02% (top 2.10%)
CWE
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Published
2023-10-16T19:39:10.424Z
Last modified
2025-04-23T16:12:25.833Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
WordPressWordPress6.3.0, 6.2.0, 6.1.0, 6.0.0, 5.9.0, 5.8.0, 5.7.0, 5.6.0, 5.5.0, 5.4.0, 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.0.0, 4.9.0, 4.8.0, 4.7.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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