| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3462-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1036296 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 6.5.2+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - wordpress <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
[bullseye] - wordpress <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along in future update)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=55765&new=55765
https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/