CVE-2023-3452

The Canto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 via the 'wp_abspath' parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary remote code on the server, provided that allow_url_include is enabled. Local File Inclusion is also possible, albeit less useful because it requires that the attacker be able to upload a malicious php file via FTP or some other means into a directory readable by the web server.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

6.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-98

Published

2023-08-12

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• leoanggal1/CVE-2023-3452-PoC17★ · 2023-11-24
• tranphuc2005/Exploit_Wordpress0★ · 2025-07-02
• Alpastx/CVE-2023-3452---WordPress-Canto-Plugin-RCE
• puppetma4ster/Metasploit-Wordpress-Canto-Exploit-RCE

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-3452.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-3396
• CVE-2023-6360
• CVE-2024-3673
• CVE-2024-6330
• CVE-2025-1648
• CVE-2024-25096