CVE-2023-2745

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

State: Published
Severity: 5.4 Medium
Published: May 17, 2023
Updated: Apr 8, 2026
Reserved: May 16, 2023

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	Wordfence

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WordPressWordPress Foundation	before 4.1.38Affected 4.2 to before 4.2.35Affected 4.3 to before 4.3.31Affected 4.4 to before 4.4.30Affected 4.5 to before 4.5.29Affected 4.6 to before 4.6.26Affected 4.7 to before 4.7.26Affected 4.8 to before 4.8.22Affected 4.9 to before 4.9.23Affected 5.0 to before 5.0.19Affected 5.1 to before 5.1.16Affected 5.2 to before 5.2.18Affected 5.3 to before 5.3.15Affected 5.4 to before 5.4.13Affected 5.5 to before 5.5.12Affected 5.6 to before 5.6.11Affected 5.7 to before 5.7.9Affected 5.8 to before 5.8.7Affected 5.9 to before 5.9.6Affected 6.0 to before 6.0.4Affected 6.1 to before 6.1.2Affected 6.2 to before 6.2.1Affected

Product

Versions

WordPressWordPress Foundation

before 4.1.38Affected
4.2 to before 4.2.35Affected
4.3 to before 4.3.31Affected
4.4 to before 4.4.30Affected
4.5 to before 4.5.29Affected
4.6 to before 4.6.26Affected
4.7 to before 4.7.26Affected
4.8 to before 4.8.22Affected
4.9 to before 4.9.23Affected
5.0 to before 5.0.19Affected
5.1 to before 5.1.16Affected
5.2 to before 5.2.18Affected
5.3 to before 5.3.15Affected
5.4 to before 5.4.13Affected
5.5 to before 5.5.12Affected
5.6 to before 5.6.11Affected
5.7 to before 5.7.9Affected
5.8 to before 5.8.7Affected
5.9 to before 5.9.6Affected
6.0 to before 6.0.4Affected
6.1 to before 6.1.2Affected
6.2 to before 6.2.1Affected

References

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