WordPress 5.9.6

WordPress 5.9.6 has 15 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 15 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.5, and the most serious one scores 6.6 out of 10. 2023 was the busiest year with 7 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 6 of the records (40%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Acceptance Of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data.

Every one of the 15 issues recorded for WordPress 5.9.6 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

12 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (3) reported by Rafie Muhammad.

01234567891020.06.2012Today20.06.20123.7WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm CVSS 3.7 · 20.06.201204.08.20186.6WordPress Core < 6.4.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP File Upload CVSS 6.6 · 04.08.201819.05.20236.5WordPress Core < 6.2.2 - Shortcode Execution in User Generated Content CVSS 6.5 · 19.05.202312.10.20236.1WordPress Core 5.6 - 6.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Application Password Requests CVSS 6.1 · 12.10.20236.4WordPress Core 5.9-6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Attributes CVSS 6.4 · 12.10.20234.3WordPress 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 · 04.04.202424.06.20246.4WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML API CVSS 6.4 · 24.06.20246.4WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Template Part Block CVSS 6.4 · 24.06.20244.3WordPress 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

15

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.6CVE-2018-14028

WordPress Core < 6.4.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP File Upload

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Vulnerability Records

15 records
2025-09-22 00:00
WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure
WordPress 5.9.6
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 5.9.6
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 5.9.6
5.9 – 6.5.4 · 7 branches
CVE-2024-6307
6.4
Medium
Alex ConchaYes
2024-06-24 00:00
WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Template Part Block
WordPress 5.9.6
5.9 – 6.5.4 · 7 branches
CVE-2024-31111
6.4
Medium
Rafie MuhammadYes
2024-06-24 00:00
WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal
WordPress 5.9.6
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 5.9.6
<= 6.4.3
CVE-2023-5692
5.3
Medium
Francesco CarlucciYes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core 5.6 - 6.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Application Password Requests
WordPress 5.9.6
5.6 – 6.3.1 · 8 branches
N/A
6.1
Medium
mascara7784Yes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core 5.9-6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Attributes
WordPress 5.9.6
5.9 – 6.3.1 · 5 branches
CVE-2023-38000
6.4
Medium
Rafie MuhammadYes
2023-10-12 00:00
WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts
WordPress 5.9.6
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 5.9.6
4.7 – 6.3.1 · 17 branches
CVE-2023-5561
5.3
Medium
Marc-Alexandre MontpasYes
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