WordPress 5.9.8

WordPress 5.9.8 has 8 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 8 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.4, and the most serious one scores 6.6 out of 10. 2024 was the busiest year with 4 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 4 of the records (50%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Path Traversal.

Every one of the 8 issues recorded for WordPress 5.9.8 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

7 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 6.6CVE-2018-14028

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

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Vulnerability Records

8 records


2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure WordPress 5.9.8 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 5.9.8 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 5.9.8 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 5.9.8 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 5.9.8 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 5.9.8 <= 6.4.3	`CVE-2023-5692`	5.3 Medium	Francesco Carlucci	Yes
2018-08-04 00:00	WordPress Core < 6.4.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP File Upload WordPress 5.9.8 4.1 – 6.4.2 · 25 branches	`CVE-2018-14028`	6.6 Medium	Vinicius Marangoni	Yes
2012-06-20 00:00	WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm WordPress 5.9.8 < 6.8	`CVE-2012-6707`	3.7 Low	Anonymous	Yes

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