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.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | * | 3.7.40 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.8 (including) | 3.8.40 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.9 (including) | 3.9.39 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.0 (including) | 4.0.37 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.1 (including) | 4.1.37 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.2 (including) | 4.2.34 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.3 (including) | 4.3.30 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.4 (including) | 4.4.29 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.5 (including) | 4.5.28 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.6 (including) | 4.6.25 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.7 (including) | 4.7.25 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.8 (including) | 4.8.21 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 4.9 (including) | 4.9.22 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.0 (including) | 5.0.18 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.1 (including) | 5.1.15 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.2 (including) | 5.2.17 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.3 (including) | 5.3.14 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.4 (including) | 5.4.12 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.5 (including) | 5.5.11 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.6 (including) | 5.6.10 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.7 (including) | 5.7.8 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.8 (including) | 5.8.6 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 5.9 (including) | 5.9.5 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 6.0 (including) | 6.0.3 (excluding) |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html