CVE-2022-43504

5.3 mediumEPSS 1.5%

Medium (5.3) in wordpress wordpress. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2022-12-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
https://wordpress.org/download/
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
https://wordpress.org/download/

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