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.
Max CVSS
6.1
EPSS Score
0.33%
Published
2023-05-17
Updated
2023-06-21
CVE-2019-8943
Public exploit
WordPress through 5.0.3 allows Path Traversal in wp_crop_image(). An attacker (who has privileges to crop an image) can write the output image to an arbitrary directory via a filename containing two image extensions and ../ sequences, such as a filename ending with the .jpg?/../../file.jpg substring.
Max CVSS
6.5
EPSS Score
95.88%
Published
2019-02-20
Updated
2021-02-23
WordPress through 4.9.6 allows Author users to execute arbitrary code by leveraging directory traversal in the wp-admin/post.php thumb parameter, which is passed to the PHP unlink function and can delete the wp-config.php file. This is related to missing filename validation in the wp-includes/post.php wp_delete_attachment function. The attacker must have capabilities for files and posts that are normally available only to the Author, Editor, and Administrator roles. The attack methodology is to delete wp-config.php and then launch a new installation process to increase the attacker's privileges.
Max CVSS
8.8
EPSS Score
82.32%
Published
2018-06-26
Updated
2021-11-05
Before version 4.8.2, WordPress allowed a Directory Traversal attack in the Customizer component via a crafted theme filename.
Max CVSS
7.5
EPSS Score
0.30%
Published
2017-09-23
Updated
2017-11-10
Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack during unzip operations in the ZipArchive and PclZip components.
Max CVSS
7.5
EPSS Score
0.47%
Published
2017-09-23
Updated
2017-11-10
Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php in the upgrade package uploader in WordPress before 4.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files via a crafted urlholder parameter.
Max CVSS
6.5
EPSS Score
0.21%
Published
2017-01-05
Updated
2017-11-04
Directory traversal vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress 4.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or read certain text files via a .. (dot dot) in the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, as demonstrated by /dev/random read operations that deplete the entropy pool.
Max CVSS
7.1
EPSS Score
32.65%
Published
2017-01-18
Updated
2017-09-03
Directory traversal vulnerability in download-file.php in the Advanced Dewplayer plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dew_file parameter.
Max CVSS
5.0
EPSS Score
21.53%
Published
2014-01-03
Updated
2014-02-25
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Max CVSS
9.3
EPSS Score
0.85%
Published
2008-10-28
Updated
2017-08-08
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/ or (2) the import parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by discovering the full path via a request for the \..\..\wp-config pathname; and allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php.
Max CVSS
5.0
EPSS Score
0.46%
Published
2008-01-10
Updated
2018-10-15
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2006-5705.1.
Max CVSS
7.5
EPSS Score
1.01%
Published
2008-01-10
Updated
2018-10-15
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to read or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) backup and (2) fragment parameters in a GET request.
Max CVSS
6.0
EPSS Score
0.34%
Published
2006-11-04
Updated
2011-03-08
12 vulnerabilities found