CVE-2023-2745 (GCVE-0-2023-2745)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-17 08:36 – Updated: 2025-04-24 18:22
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WordPress Foundation WordPress Affected: * , ≤ 4.1 (semver)
Affected: 4.1 , < 4.1.38 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.35 (semver)
Affected: 4.3 , < 4.3.31 (semver)
Affected: 4.4 , < 4.4.30 (semver)
Affected: 4.5 , < 4.5.29 (semver)
Affected: 4.6 , < 4.6.26 (semver)
Affected: 4.7 , < 4.7.26 (semver)
Affected: 4.8 , < 4.8.22 (semver)
Affected: 4.9 , < 4.9.23 (semver)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.19 (semver)
Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.16 (semver)
Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.18 (semver)
Affected: 5.3 , < 5.3.15 (semver)
Affected: 5.4 , < 5.4.13 (semver)
Affected: 5.5 , < 5.5.12 (semver)
Affected: 5.6 , < 5.6.11 (semver)
Affected: 5.7 , < 5.7.9 (semver)
Affected: 5.8 , < 5.8.7 (semver)
Affected: 5.9 , < 5.9.6 (semver)
Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.4 (semver)
Affected: 6.1 , < 6.1.2 (semver)
Affected: 6.2 , < 6.2.1 (semver)
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Credits
Ramuel Gall Matt Rusnak
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