WordPress 5.4.12

WordPress 5.4.12 has 16 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 16 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.5, and the most serious one scores 8.1 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2023 was the busiest year with 8 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 4 of the records (25%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Path Traversal.

Every one of the 16 issues recorded for WordPress 5.4.12 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

14 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

01234567891020.06.2012Today20.06.20123.7WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm CVSS 3.7 · 20.06.201203.05.20175.9Wordpress Core < 5.5 - Unauthorized Password Reset via Interception CVSS 5.9 · 03.05.201704.08.20186.6WordPress Core < 6.4.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP File Upload CVSS 6.6 · 04.08.201825.11.20218.1WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion CVSS 8.1 · 25.11.202116.05.20234.3WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 4.3 · 16.05.20236.4WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes CVSS 6.4 · 16.05.20236.4WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Embed Discovery CVSS 6.4 · 16.05.20235.4WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal CVSS 5.4 · 16.05.202312.10.20234.3WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts CVSS 4.3 · 12.10.20235.3WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint CVSS 5.3 · 12.10.20235.3WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning CVSS 5.3 · 12.10.20235.4WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode CVSS 5.4 · 12.10.202304.04.20245.3WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink CVSS 5.3 · 04.04.202424.06.20244.3WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal CVSS 4.3 · 24.06.202422.09.20254.3WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 4.3 · 22.09.20256.4WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 6.4 · 22.09.2025

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
5.5/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

16

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.1CVE-2021-44223

WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion

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Vulnerability Records

16 records
2025-09-22 00:00
WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure
WordPress 5.4.12
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 5.4.12
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 5.4.12
4.1 – 6.5.4 · 26 branches
CVE-2024-32111
4.3
Medium
apple502jYes
2024-04-04 00:00
WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink
WordPress 5.4.12
<= 6.4.3
CVE-2023-5692
5.3
Medium
Francesco CarlucciYes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts
WordPress 5.4.12
4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches
CVE-2023-39999
4.3
Medium
Rafie MuhammadYes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint
WordPress 5.4.12
4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches
CVE-2023-5561
5.3
Medium
Marc-Alexandre MontpasYes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning
WordPress 5.4.12
4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches
N/A
5.3
Medium
s5sYes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode
WordPress 5.4.12
4.1.38 – 6.3.1 · 23 branches
N/A
5.4
Medium
James GolovichYes
2023-05-16 00:00
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
WordPress 5.4.12
4.1 – < 6.2.1 · 23 branches
N/A
4.3
Medium
John BlackbournYes
2023-05-16 00:00
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes
WordPress 5.4.12
4.1 – < 6.2.1 · 23 branches
N/A
6.4
Medium
AnonymousYes
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