ubuntu-cve-2025-54352
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-07-21 05:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:22
Summary
Details

WordPress 3.5 through 6.8.2 allows remote attackers to guess titles of private and draft posts via pingback.ping XML-RPC requests. NOTE: the Supplier is not changing this behavior.

Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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      },
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          ],
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "WordPress 3.5 through 6.8.2 allows remote attackers to guess titles of private and draft posts via pingback.ping XML-RPC requests. NOTE: the Supplier is not changing this behavior.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54352",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:22:55Z",
  "published": "2025-07-21T05:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54352"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54352"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.imperva.com/blog/beware-a-threat-actor-could-steal-the-titles-of-your-private-and-draft-wordpress-posts/"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-54352"
  ]
}



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