CVE-2023-2745

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wordpress, a popular content management framework, which may lead to exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in WordPress or allowing unauthenticated attackers to discern the email addresses of users who have published public posts on an affected website via an Oracle style attack.

*Credits: Ramuel Gall, Matt Rusnak

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-16 CVE Reserved
2023-05-16 CVE Published
2023-05-17 First Exploit
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordPress-Core-6.2-XSS-CSRF-Directory-Traversal.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00024.html
https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release	Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c3-99bf6e2d358f?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/172426	2023-05-17

URL	Date	SRC
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55765%40%2F&new=55765%40%2F&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				< 4.1.38 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " < 4.1.38"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.2 < 4.2.35 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.2 < 4.2.35"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.3 < 4.3.31 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.3 < 4.3.31"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.4 < 4.4.30 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.4 < 4.4.30"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.5 < 4.5.29 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.5 < 4.5.29"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.6 < 4.6.26 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.6 < 4.6.26"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.7 < 4.7.26 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.7 < 4.7.26"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.8 < 4.8.22 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.8 < 4.8.22"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.9 < 4.9.23 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.9 < 4.9.23"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.0 < 5.0.19 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.0 < 5.0.19"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.1 < 5.1.16 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.1 < 5.1.16"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.2 < 5.2.18 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.2 < 5.2.18"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.3 < 5.3.15 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.3 < 5.3.15"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.4 < 5.4.13 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.4 < 5.4.13"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.5 < 5.5.12 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.5 < 5.5.12"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.6 < 5.6.11 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.6 < 5.6.11"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.7 < 5.7.9 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.7.9"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.8 < 5.8.7 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.8 < 5.8.7"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.9 < 5.9.6 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.9 < 5.9.6"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 6.0 < 6.0.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 6.0 < 6.0.4"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 6.1 < 6.1.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 6.1 < 6.1.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				6.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "6.2"		-		Affected