WordPress 6.5.5

WordPress 6.5.5 has 3 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 3 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.8, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10. 2025 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 2 of the records (67%). Other recurring categories include Weak Encoding For Password.

Every one of the 3 issues recorded for WordPress 6.5.5 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

2 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.8/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-58674

WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

3 records


2025-09-22 00:00	WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure WordPress 6.5.5 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 6.5.5 4.7 – 6.8.2 · 23 branches	`CVE-2025-58674`	6.4 Medium	SavPhill (Savphill)	Yes
2012-06-20 00:00	WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm WordPress 6.5.5 < 6.8	`CVE-2012-6707`	3.7 Low	Anonymous	Yes

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