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CVE-2024-32111

WordPress core < 6.5.5 - Auth. Arbitrary .html File Read (Windows Only) vulnerability

5.0 MediumFix available

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.48%Up 0.4 points since Jun 26, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.0

WordPress core < 6.5.5 - Auth. Arbitrary .html File Read (Windows Only) vulnerability

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
CVE-2024-32111
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-29933 5.0

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
EUVD-2024-29933
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6j7w-22rc-9895 5.0

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
GHSA-6j7w-22rc-9895
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.0

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
CVE-2024-32111
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32111 5.0

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32111
CVSS 3.1
5.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-wordpress-2024-32111 No score

WordPress core < 6.5.5 - Auth. Arbitrary .html File Read (Windows Only) vulnerability

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
BIT-wordpress-2024-32111
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-wordpress-multisite-2024-32111 No score

WordPress core < 6.5.5 - Auth. Arbitrary .html File Read (Windows Only) vulnerability

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Relative Path Traversal.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9, from 5.8 through 5.8.9, from 5.7 through 5.7.11, from 5.6 through 5.6.13, from 5.5 through 5.5.14, from 5.4 through 5.4.15, from 5.3 through 5.3.17, from 5.2 through 5.2.20, from 5.1 through 5.1.18, from 5.0 through 5.0.21, from 4.9 through 4.9.25, from 4.8 through 4.8.24, from 4.7 through 4.7.28, from 4.6 through 4.6.28, from 4.5 through 4.5.31, from 4.4 through 4.4.32, from 4.3 through 4.3.33, from 4.2 through 4.2.37, from 4.1 through 4.1.40.

Record
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2024-32111
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wordpress
Bitnami
4.1.0 up to 4.1.41, 4.2.0 up to 4.2.38, 4.3.0 up to 4.3.34, 4.4.0 up to 4.4.33, 4.5.0 up to 4.5.32, 4.6.0 up to 4.6.29, 4.7.0 up to 4.7.29, 4.8.0 up to 4.8.25, 4.9.0 up to 4.9.26, 5.0.0 up to 5.0.22, 5.1.0 up to 5.1.19, 5.2.0 up to 5.2.21, 5.3.0 up to 5.3.18, 5.4.0 up to 5.4.16, 5.5.0 up to 5.5.15, 5.6.0 up to 5.6.14, 5.7.0 up to 5.7.12, 5.8.0 up to 5.8.10, 5.9.0 up to 5.9.10, 6.0.0 up to 6.0.9, 6.1.0 up to 6.1.7, 6.2.0 up to 6.2.6, 6.3.0 up to 6.3.5, 6.4.0 up to 6.4.5, 6.5.0 up to 6.5.5
4.1.414.2.384.3.344.4.334.5.324.6.294.7.294.8.254.9.265.0.225.1.195.2.215.3.185.4.165.5.155.6.145.7.125.8.105.9.106.0.96.1.76.2.66.3.56.4.56.5.5
wordpress-multisite
Bitnami
4.1.0 up to 4.1.41, 4.2.0 up to 4.2.38, 4.3.0 up to 4.3.34, 4.4.0 up to 4.4.33, 4.5.0 up to 4.5.32, 4.6.0 up to 4.6.29, 4.7.0 up to 4.7.29, 4.8.0 up to 4.8.25, 4.9.0 up to 4.9.26, 5.0.0 up to 5.0.22, 5.1.0 up to 5.1.19, 5.2.0 up to 5.2.21, 5.3.0 up to 5.3.18, 5.4.0 up to 5.4.16, 5.5.0 up to 5.5.15, 5.6.0 up to 5.6.14, 5.7.0 up to 5.7.12, 5.8.0 up to 5.8.10, 5.9.0 up to 5.9.10, 6.0.0 up to 6.0.9, 6.1.0 up to 6.1.7, 6.2.0 up to 6.2.6, 6.3.0 up to 6.3.5, 6.4.0 up to 6.4.5, 6.5.0 up to 6.5.5
4.1.414.2.384.3.344.4.334.5.324.6.294.7.294.8.254.9.265.0.225.1.195.2.215.3.185.4.165.5.155.6.145.7.125.8.105.9.106.0.96.1.76.2.66.3.56.4.56.5.5
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

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2024-32111 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Automattic Wordpress, published June 25, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in wordpress 4.1.41.

References

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