WordPress 5.3.15

WordPress 5.3.15 has 12 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 12 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.4, and the most serious one scores 8.1 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2023 was the busiest year with 4 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, behind 3 of the records (25%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting, Improper Input Validation.

Every one of the 12 issues recorded for WordPress 5.3.15 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

11 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

5.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.1CVE-2021-44223

WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion

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Vulnerability Records

12 records


2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure WordPress 5.3.15 4.7 – 6.8.2 · 22 branches	`CVE-2025-58246`	4.3 Medium	Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)	Yes
2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting WordPress 5.3.15 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 5.3.15 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 5.3.15 <= 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 5.3.15 4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches	`CVE-2023-39999`	4.3 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint WordPress 5.3.15 4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches	`CVE-2023-5561`	5.3 Medium	Marc-Alexandre Montpas	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning WordPress 5.3.15 4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches	`N/A`	5.3 Medium	s5s	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode WordPress 5.3.15 4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches	`N/A`	5.4 Medium	James Golovich	Yes
2021-11-25 00:00	WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion WordPress 5.3.15 <= 5.7.5	`CVE-2021-44223`	8.1 High	Kamil Vavra	Yes
2018-08-04 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.4.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP File Upload WordPress 5.3.15 4.1 – 6.4.2 · 25 branches	`CVE-2018-14028`	6.6 Medium	Vinicius Marangoni	Yes

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