| Name | CVE-2022-43504 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5279-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1022575 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 6.8.3+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
Fixed by: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54531 (6.0)
Follow-up: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/54533 (6.0)