CVE-2022-43504

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.50% (74th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

73 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USprimary

affected products (73)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

WordPress.org WordPress≤ versions prior to 6.0.3enisa_euvdEU
wordpress wordpress< 3.7.40nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress3.8 → 3.8.40nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress3.9 → 3.9.39nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.0 → 4.0.37nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.1 → 4.1.37nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.2 → 4.2.34nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.3 → 4.3.30nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.4 → 4.4.29nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.5 → 4.5.28nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.6 → 4.6.25nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.7 → 4.7.25nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.8 → 4.8.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress4.9 → 4.9.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.0 → 5.0.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.1 → 5.1.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.2 → 5.2.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.3 → 5.3.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.4 → 5.4.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.5 → 5.5.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1788WordPress: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-10-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in WordPress ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und Daten zu manipulieren.
BIT-wordpress-2022-435042024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2022-435042024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

CNNVD-202212-2415 cnnvd
EUVD-2022-46502 enisa_euvd
GHSA-h8vf-v4qw-mvq4 enisa_euvd
BIT-wordpress-2022-43504osv
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2022-43504osv

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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