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WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML API

6.4

CVE-2024-6307

Jun 24, 2024

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

WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

4.3

CVE-2024-32111

Jun 24, 2024

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

WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Template Part Block

6.4

CVE-2024-31111

Jun 24, 2024

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

WordPress Core < 6.5.2 - Unauthenticated & Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Block

7.2

CVE-2024-4439

Apr 9, 2024

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

WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink

5.3

CVE-2023-5692

Apr 4, 2024

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

WordPress Core 6.4.0 - 6.4.1 - Remote Code Execution POP Chain

9.8

CVE-2024-31211

Dec 6, 2023

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

WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts

4.3

CVE-2023-39999

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint

5.3

CVE-2023-5561

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode

5.4

CVE ID Unknown

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core 5.6 - 6.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Application Password Requests

6.1

CVE ID Unknown

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core 6.3 - 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting via Footnotes Block

6.4

CVE ID Unknown

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning

5.3

CVE ID Unknown

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core 5.9-6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Attributes

6.4

CVE-2023-38000

Oct 12, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Shortcode Execution in User Generated Content

6.5

CVE ID Unknown

May 19, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.2.2 - Shortcode Execution in User Generated Content

6.5

CVE ID Unknown

May 19, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

5.4

CVE-2023-2745

May 16, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes

6.4

CVE ID Unknown

May 16, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Embed Discovery

6.4

CVE ID Unknown

May 16, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

4.3

CVE ID Unknown

May 16, 2023

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

WordPress Core < 6.0.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wp-mail.php

7.2

CVE-2022-43504

Oct 18, 2022

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

Title	CVE ID	CVSS	Vector	Date
WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML API	CVE-2024-6307	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	June 24, 2024
WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal	CVE-2024-32111	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	June 24, 2024
WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Template Part Block	CVE-2024-31111	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	June 24, 2024
WordPress Core < 6.5.2 - Unauthenticated & Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Block	CVE-2024-4439	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	April 9, 2024
WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink	CVE-2023-5692	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	April 4, 2024
WordPress Core 6.4.0 - 6.4.1 - Remote Code Execution POP Chain	CVE-2024-31211	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	December 6, 2023
WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts	CVE-2023-39999	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint	CVE-2023-5561	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode		5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core 5.6 - 6.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Application Password Requests		6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core 6.3 - 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting via Footnotes Block		6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning		5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core 5.9-6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Attributes	CVE-2023-38000	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	October 12, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Shortcode Execution in User Generated Content		6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	May 19, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.2.2 - Shortcode Execution in User Generated Content		6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	May 19, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal	CVE-2023-2745	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	May 16, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes		6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	May 16, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Embed Discovery		6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	May 16, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery		4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	May 16, 2023
WordPress Core < 6.0.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wp-mail.php	CVE-2022-43504	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	October 18, 2022

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