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Vulnerability details: VCID-kw8w-ryc6-cqd4
Vulnerability ID VCID-kw8w-ryc6-cqd4
Aliases CVE-2022-43504
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.8
Risk 2.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
System Score Found at
epss 0.00903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.00903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.00903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
epss 0.01444 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
ssvc Track https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43504
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://wordpress.org/download/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/download/
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43504
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43497
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43500
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43504
1022575 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1022575
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-43504 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43504
download https://wordpress.org/download/
index.html https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
wordpress-6-0-3-security-release https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-24T14:04:12Z/ Found at https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43504
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://wordpress.org/download/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-24T14:04:12Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/download/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-24T14:04:12Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74872
EPSS Score 0.00903
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:50:52.588650+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43504.json 37.0.0