Medium severity · published May 17, 2023
CVE-2023-2745
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 6.2, via the ‘wp_lang’ parameter
5.4
CVSS
79.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)79.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
before 4.1.38; 4.2 before 4.2.35; 4.3 before 4.3.31; 4.4 before 4.4.30; 4.5 before 4.5.29; 4.6 before 4.6.26; +16 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2745
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2745
Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55765%40%2F&new=55765%40%2F&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wordpress-core-6-2-1-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c3-99bf6e2d358f?source=cve
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordPress-Core-6.2-XSS-CSRF-Directory-Traversal.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00024.html
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