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FKIE_CVE-2023-2745

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-05-17 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:53

Severity

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@wordfence.com	https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55765%40%2F&new=55765%40%2F&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
security@wordfence.com	https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/	Release Notes
security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wordpress-core-6-2-1-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c3-99bf6e2d358f?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordPress-Core-6.2-XSS-CSRF-Directory-Traversal.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55765%40%2F&new=55765%40%2F&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/	Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52274
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c3-99bf6e2d358f?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
wordpress	wordpress	*
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wordpress	wordpress	6.2

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CVE-2023-2745 (GCVE-0-2023-2745)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-17 08:36 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:31

Title

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

Wordfence mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-…
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_ema…
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wordpress-…
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52274
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordP…	x_transferred
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	x_transferred

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
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)

Credits

Ramuel Gall Matt Rusnak

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