WordPress 5.9.1

WordPress 5.9.1 has 38 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 38 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.9, and the most serious one scores 9.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 1 critical and 5 high. 2022 was the busiest year with 18 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 16 of the records (42%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Acceptance Of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data.

Every one of the 38 issues recorded for WordPress 5.9.1 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

26 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (4) reported by Alex Concha.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

5.9/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 9.8

WordPress Core < 6.0.3 - SQL Injection via WP_Date_Query

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Vulnerability Records

38 records


2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure WordPress 5.9.1 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 5.9.1 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+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML API WordPress 5.9.1 5.9 – 6.5.4 · 7 branches	`CVE-2024-6307`	6.4 Medium	Alex Concha	Yes
2024-06-24 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Template Part Block WordPress 5.9.1 5.9 – 6.5.4 · 7 branches	`CVE-2024-31111`	6.4 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2024-06-24 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal WordPress 5.9.1 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 5.9.1 <= 6.4.3	`CVE-2023-5692`	5.3 Medium	Francesco Carlucci	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core 5.6 - 6.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Application Password Requests WordPress 5.9.1 5.6 – 6.3.1 · 8 branches	`N/A`	6.1 Medium	mascara7784	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core 5.9-6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Attributes WordPress 5.9.1 5.9 – 6.3.1 · 5 branches	`CVE-2023-38000`	6.4 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2023-10-12 00:00	WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts WordPress 5.9.1 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 5.9.1 4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches	`CVE-2023-5561`	5.3 Medium	Marc-Alexandre Montpas	Yes

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