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CVE-2023-2745

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
17/05/2023
Last modified:
24/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.1.38 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2 (including) 4.2.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.3 (including) 4.3.31 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.4 (including) 4.4.30 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.5 (including) 4.5.29 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.6 (including) 4.6.26 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.7 (including) 4.7.26 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.8 (including) 4.8.22 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.9 (including) 4.9.23 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0 (including) 5.0.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.1 (including) 5.1.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.2 (including) 5.2.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.3 (including) 5.3.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.4 (including) 5.4.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.5 (including) 5.5.12 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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