WordPress 3.5 through 6.8.2 allows remote attackers to guess titles of private and draft posts via pingback.ping XML-RPC requests.

published 2025-07-21 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-22048

cvss: 3.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

WordPress 3.5 through 6.8.2 allows remote attackers to guess titles of private and draft posts via pingback.ping XML-RPC requests. NOTE: the Supplier is not changing this behavior.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-54352 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 3.7

wordpress: WordPress Pingback Title Disclosure Vulnerability

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 15 mo ago (2025-07-21)

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

WordPress WordPress

Classification

Weakness

CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

imperva.com /blog/beware-a-threat-actor-could-steal-the-titles-of-your-private-and-draft-wordpress-posts/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-54352
NVD CVE-2025-54352

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Summary