Directory Traversal Affecting wordpress package, versions <6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-5562619
  • published18 May 2023
  • disclosed17 May 2023

Introduced: 17 May 2023

CVE-2023-2745  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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