Bug 2244113 (CVE-2023-39999)

Summary: CVE-2023-39999 wordpress: potential sensitive information exposure from unauthorized actors
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Description Robb Gatica 2023-10-13 20:30:34 UTC
The latest Wordpress security release (6.3.2) addresses the below information and other vulnerabilities. https://wordpress.org/news/2023/10/wordpress-6-3-2-maintenance-and-security-release/

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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.

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
https://patchstack.com/articles/wordpress-core-6-3-2-security-update-technical-advisory?_s_id=cve

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2023-10-13 20:30:52 UTC
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2244114]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2244115]