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WordPress CVE-2023-5561 Vulnerability (CVE-2023-5561)

Description

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

Remediation

References

CVE-2023-5561

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2023-5561 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Tags

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