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CVE-2023-2745

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

5.4 MediumPublic exploitFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

79.7%Up 79.6 points since May 18, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

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.

Record
CVE-2023-2745
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-34206 5.4

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.

Record
EUVD-2023-34206
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xgqr-2mpj-w9qv 5.4

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 6.2, via...

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.

Record
GHSA-xgqr-2mpj-w9qv
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.4

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.

Record
CVE-2023-2745
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.4

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

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.

Record
CVE-2023-2745
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-2745 5.4

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2745
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2745 5.4

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2745
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-wordpress-2023-2745 No score

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

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.

Record
BIT-wordpress-2023-2745
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-wordpress-multisite-2023-2745 No score

WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal

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.

Record
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2023-2745
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wordpress
Bitnami
before 4.1.38, 4.2.0 up to 4.2.35, 4.3.0 up to 4.3.31, 4.4.0 up to 4.4.30, 4.5.0 up to 4.5.29, 4.6.0 up to 4.6.26, 4.7.0 up to 4.7.26, 4.8.0 up to 4.8.22, 4.9.0 up to 4.9.23, 5.0.0 up to 5.0.19, 5.1.0 up to 5.1.16, 5.2.0 up to 5.2.18, 5.3.0 up to 5.3.15, 5.4.0 up to 5.4.13, 5.5.0 up to 5.5.12, 5.6.0 up to 5.6.11, 5.7.0 up to 5.7.9, 5.8.0 up to 5.8.7, 5.9.0 up to 5.9.6, 6.0.0 up to 6.0.4, 6.1.0 up to 6.1.2, 6.2.0 up to 6.2.1
4.1.384.2.354.3.314.4.304.5.294.6.264.7.264.8.224.9.235.0.195.1.165.2.185.3.155.4.135.5.125.6.115.7.95.8.75.9.66.0.46.1.26.2.1
wordpress-multisite
Bitnami
before 4.1.38, 4.2.0 up to 4.2.35, 4.3.0 up to 4.3.31, 4.4.0 up to 4.4.30, 4.5.0 up to 4.5.29, 4.6.0 up to 4.6.26, 4.7.0 up to 4.7.26, 4.8.0 up to 4.8.22, 4.9.0 up to 4.9.23, 5.0.0 up to 5.0.19, 5.1.0 up to 5.1.16, 5.2.0 up to 5.2.18, 5.3.0 up to 5.3.15, 5.4.0 up to 5.4.13, 5.5.0 up to 5.5.12, 5.6.0 up to 5.6.11, 5.7.0 up to 5.7.9, 5.8.0 up to 5.8.7, 5.9.0 up to 5.9.6, 6.0.0 up to 6.0.4, 6.1.0 up to 6.1.2, 6.2.0 up to 6.2.1
4.1.384.2.354.3.314.4.304.5.294.6.264.7.264.8.224.9.235.0.195.1.165.2.185.3.155.4.135.5.125.6.115.7.95.8.75.9.66.0.46.1.26.2.1
wordpress
Debian:12
before 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1, plus listed versions
6.1.1+dfsg1-1
6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
wordpress
Debian:13
before 6.2.1+dfsg1-1
6.2.1+dfsg1-1
wordpress
Debian:14
before 6.2.1+dfsg1-1
6.2.1+dfsg1-1
wordpress
Debian:10
before 5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1, plus listed versions
5.0.10+dfsg1-0+deb10u15.0.11+dfsg1-0+deb10u15.0.12+dfsg1-0+deb10u15.0.14+dfsg1-0+deb10u15.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
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5.0.17+dfsg1-0+deb10u15.0.18+dfsg1-0+deb10u15.0.4+dfsg1-15.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u15.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u2
5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
wordpress
Debian:11
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1, plus listed versions
5.7.1+dfsg1-25.7.3+dfsg1-0+deb11u15.7.5+dfsg1-0+deb11u15.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u15.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2
5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
wordpress
Debian:12
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1, plus listed versions
6.1.1+dfsg1-1
6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
wordpress
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.3+dfsg-14.3.1+dfsg-14.4+dfsg-14.4.1+dfsg-14.4.2+dfsg-14.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
None known
wordpress
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.8.2+dfsg-24.8.3+dfsg-14.9.1+dfsg-14.9.2+dfsg-14.9.4+dfsg-14.9.5+dfsg1-1
None known
wordpress
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.2.2+dfsg1-15.2.4+dfsg1-15.3.2+dfsg1-15.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
None known
wordpress
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.7.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu15.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu15.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu15.8.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu15.8.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1
None known
wordpress
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
6.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu16.4.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
None known

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBWordPress Core 6.2 - Directory Traversal2025-04-22
PoC in GitHubfofovicfof-ai/cve-2023-27452025-10-22
NucleiWordPress Core <=6.2 - Directory Traversal

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, exploits, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-2745 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Wordpress, published May 17, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 79.7%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in wordpress 4.1.38.

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