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CVE-2023-2745

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.

Published

2023-05-17T09:15:10.303

Last Modified

2025-04-24T19:15:45.160

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.4 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.1.38	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.2.35	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.3.31	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.4.30	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.5.29	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.6.26	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.7.26	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.8.22	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.9.23	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.0.19	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.1.16	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.2.18	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.3.15	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.4.13	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.5.12	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.6.11	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.7.9	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.8.7	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 5.9.6	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 6.0.4	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 6.1.2	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	6.2	Yes

References

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