Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:40586Directory Traversal
5.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
70.5%
johnpbloch/wordpress-core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The vulnerability exists in the determine_locale function via wp_lang parameter due to lack of file access restrictions which allows an unauthenticated attacker to access and load arbitrary translation files and to inject and execute arbitrary scripts.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/172426/WordPress-Core-6.2-XSS-CSRF-Directory-Traversal.html
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=55765%40%2F&new=55765%40%2F&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress-core/commit/832b5f0e218e415373750ee09d865c95ca0cde06
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00024.html
wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edcf46b6-368e-49c0-b2c3-99bf6e2d358f?source=cve
Related
5.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
70.5%