Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in WordPress from 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.13, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7, from 5.8 through 5.8.7, from 5.7 through 5.7.9, from 5.6 through 5.6.11, from 5.5 through 5.5.12, from 5.4 through 5.4.13, from 5.3 through 5.3.15, from 5.2 through 5.2.18, from 5.1 through 5.1.16, from 5.0 through 5.0.19, from 4.9 through 4.9.23, from 4.8 through 4.8.22, from 4.7 through 4.7.26, from 4.6 through 4.6.26, from 4.5 through 4.5.29, from 4.4 through 4.4.30, from 4.3 through 4.3.31, from 4.2 through 4.2.35, from 4.1 through 4.1.38.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-39999 is rated Exploit Available (59.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-17 | 0.90% | 1.01% | +0.11% |
| 2 | 2026-03-04 | 0.49% | 0.90% | +0.41% |
| 3 | 2026-03-01 | — | 0.49% | — |
Full EPSS history (51 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-39999 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39999 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-39999 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-39999 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.1, <= 4.1.38 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.2, <= 4.2.35 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.3, <= 4.3.31 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.4, <= 4.4.30 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.5, <= 4.5.29 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.6, <= 4.6.26 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.7, <= 4.7.26 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.8, <= 4.8.22 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 4.9, <= 4.9.23 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.0, <= 5.0.19 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.1, <= 5.1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.2, <= 5.2.18 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.3, <= 5.3.15 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.4, <= 5.4.13 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.5, <= 5.5.12 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.6, <= 5.6.11 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.7, <= 5.7.9 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.8, <= 5.8.7 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 5.9, <= 5.9.7 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 6.0, <= 6.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 6.1, <= 6.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 6.2, <= 6.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 6.3, < 6.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 37 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 38 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2EVFT4DPZRFTXJPEPADM22BZVIUD2P66/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GCCVDPKOK57WCTH2QJ5DJM3B53RJNZKA/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WQBL4ZQCBFNQ76XHM5257CIBFQRGT5QY/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://patchstack.com/articles/wordpress-core-6-3-2-security-update-technical-advisory?_s_id=cve | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress/wordpress-wordpress-core-core-6-3-2-contributor-comment-read-on-private-and-password-protected-post-vulnerability?_s_id=cve | Third Party Advisory |