CVE-2023-2745

MEDIUM NUCLEI

Wordpress < 4.1.38 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (2)

nomisec SCANNER

by fofovicfof-ai · poc

https://github.com/fofovicfof-ai/cve-2023-2745

View Code ZIP pw:eip

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Milad karimi · pythonwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52274

View Code ZIP pw:eip

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress Core <=6.2 - Directory Traversal

MEDIUMby nqdung2002

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordPress-Core-6.2-XSS-CSRF-Directory-Traversal.html

[Patch] https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55765%40%2F&new=55765%40%2F&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

[Mailing List] 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/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c3-99bf6e2d358f?source=cve

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52274

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.7809

EPSS Percentile 99.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Affected Products (2)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.1.38

wordpress/wordpress

Timeline

Published May 17, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026