CVE-2023-2745

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.

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

79.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-22

Published

2023-05-17

Updated

2026-04-08

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-2745.yaml

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52274

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-2744
• CVE-2023-27470
• CVE-2023-2743
• CVE-2023-27479
• CVE-2023-2742
• CVE-2023-27482