# CVE-2023-5692: WordPress Core \<= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect\_guess\_404\_permalink

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-05 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- WordPress Foundation WordPress: through 6.4.3

## Description

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the redirect_guess_404_permalink function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to expose the slug of a custom post whose 'publicly_queryable' post status has been set to 'false'.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e6f993b-ce09-4050-84a1-cbe9953f36b1?source=cve
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.3/src/wp-includes/canonical.php#L763
- https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_publicly_viewable/
- https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_post_type_viewable/
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/57645

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