CVE-2023-2745

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.

How to fix CVE-2023-2745

To remediate CVE-2023-2745, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

—upgrade to 4.1.38 or later
—upgrade to 4.1.38 or later
—upgrade to 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 or later
—upgrade to 5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 or later
—upgrade to 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 or later

Is CVE-2023-2745 being exploited?

Likely — EPSS is 79.3%, placing CVE-2023-2745 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.

Affected packages (5)

from 0, < 4.1.38, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.35, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.31, >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.30, >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.29, >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.26, >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.26, >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.22, >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.23, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.19, >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.16, >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.18, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.15, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.13, >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.12, >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.11, >= 5.7.0, < 5.7.9, >= 5.8.0, < 5.8.7, >= 5.9.0, < 5.9.6, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.4, >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.1
from 0, < 4.1.38, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.35, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.31, >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.30, >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.29, >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.26, >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.26, >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.22, >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.23, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.19, >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.16, >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.18, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.15, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.13, >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.12, >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.11, >= 5.7.0, < 5.7.9, >= 5.8.0, < 5.8.7, >= 5.9.0, < 5.9.6, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.4, >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.1
from 0, < 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
from 0, < 5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
from 0, < 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N