WordPress 4.2.34

WordPress 4.2.34 has 24 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 24 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.2, and the most serious one scores 8.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 6 high. 2023 was the busiest year with 6 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 4 of the records (17%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor.

Every one of the 24 issues recorded for WordPress 4.2.34 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

15 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.2/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.8CVE-2017-1000600

WordPress Core < 4.9 - Insecure Deserialization

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Vulnerability Records

24 records


2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting WordPress 4.2.34 4.7 – 6.8.2 · 23 branches	`CVE-2025-58674`	6.4 Medium	SavPhill (Savphill)	Yes
2024-06-24 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal WordPress 4.2.34 4.1 – 6.5.4 · 26 branches	`CVE-2024-32111`	4.3 Medium	apple502j	Yes
2024-04-04 00:00	WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink WordPress 4.2.34 <= 6.4.3	`CVE-2023-5692`	5.3 Medium	Francesco Carlucci	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts WordPress 4.2.34 4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches	`CVE-2023-39999`	4.3 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode WordPress 4.2.34 4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	5.4 Medium	James Golovich	Yes
2023-05-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery WordPress 4.2.34 4.1 – < 6.2.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	4.3 Medium	John Blackbourn	Yes
2023-05-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes WordPress 4.2.34 4.1 – < 6.2.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	6.4 Medium	Anonymous	Yes
2023-05-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Embed Discovery WordPress 4.2.34 4.1.38 – < 6.2.1 · 22 branches	`N/A`	6.4 Medium	Jakub Zoczek	Yes
2023-05-16 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal WordPress 4.2.34 4.1.38 – < 6.2.1 · 22 branches	`CVE-2023-2745`	5.4 Medium	Ram	Yes
2021-11-25 00:00	WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion WordPress 4.2.34 <= 5.7.5	`CVE-2021-44223`	8.1 High	Kamil Vavra	Yes

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