CVE-2023-2745 (GCVE-0-2023-2745)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-17 08:36 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal
Summary
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 6.2, via the ‘wp_lang’ parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access and load arbitrary translation files. In cases where an attacker is able to upload a crafted translation file onto the site, such as via an upload form, this could be also used to perform a Cross-Site Scripting attack.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-13 16:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Foundation | WordPress |
Affected:
0 , < 4.1.38
(semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.35 (semver) Affected: 4.3 , < 4.3.31 (semver) Affected: 4.4 , < 4.4.30 (semver) Affected: 4.5 , < 4.5.29 (semver) Affected: 4.6 , < 4.6.26 (semver) Affected: 4.7 , < 4.7.26 (semver) Affected: 4.8 , < 4.8.22 (semver) Affected: 4.9 , < 4.9.23 (semver) Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.19 (semver) Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.16 (semver) Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.18 (semver) Affected: 5.3 , < 5.3.15 (semver) Affected: 5.4 , < 5.4.13 (semver) Affected: 5.5 , < 5.5.12 (semver) Affected: 5.6 , < 5.6.11 (semver) Affected: 5.7 , < 5.7.9 (semver) Affected: 5.8 , < 5.8.7 (semver) Affected: 5.9 , < 5.9.6 (semver) Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.4 (semver) Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.2 (semver) Affected: 6.2 , < 6.2.1 (semver) |
guessed |
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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