CVE-2023-2745

moderate-risk
Published 2023-05-17

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.

Do I need to act?

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79.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 21% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
52274
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.4/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Wordpress

References (10)

Patch https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55...
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wordpress-core-6-2-1-security-maintenance...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c...
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordPress-Core-6.2-XSS-CSRF-Director...
Patch https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55...
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00024.html
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52274
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c...
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moderate-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low