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.



We have discovered 1,188,209 live websites that are affected by CVE-2023-2745.

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Affected Software

Product  WordPress
Category Content Management System
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 4.1
  • from 4.1 before 4.1.38
  • from 4.2 before 4.2.35
  • from 4.3 before 4.3.31
  • from 4.4 before 4.4.30
  • from 4.5 before 4.5.29
  • from 4.6 before 4.6.26
  • from 4.7 before 4.7.26
  • from 4.8 before 4.8.22
  • from 4.9 before 4.9.23
  • from 5 before 5.0.19
  • from 5.1 before 5.1.16
  • from 5.2 before 5.2.18
  • from 5.3 before 5.3.15
  • from 5.4 before 5.4.13
  • from 5.5 before 5.5.12
  • from 5.6 before 5.6.11
  • from 5.7 before 5.7.9
  • from 5.8 before 5.8.7
  • from 5.9 before 5.9.6
  • from 6 before 6.0.4
  • from 6.1 before 6.1.2
  • from 6.2 before 6.2.1
Total Vulnerable Versions781
Vulnerable Domains1,188,209 live websites (10.42% of WordPress install base)


Distribution by Website Rank

The diagram provides a graphic representation of the correlation between the occurrence of CVE-2023-2745 and the relative popularity of websites


Details

  • Published - May 17, 2023
  • Updated - May 17, 2023

Credits

  • Ramuel Gall (finder)
  • Matt Rusnak (finder)




Countries

United States274,749 websites



Germany91,598 websites
Japan69,003 websites
Italy63,289 websites
GB60,285 websites
France53,890 websites
Russia53,153 websites
Netherlands41,430 websites
Poland41,125 websites
Spain32,244 websites

TLDs

.com464,390 websites
.de55,584 websites
.org50,362 websites
.ru44,497 websites
.it41,527 websites
.net36,318 websites
.co.uk33,830 websites
.nl32,424 websites
.pl30,085 websites
.com.au23,100 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red


Geographical Distribution

The distribution of websites across the globe that are exposed to CVE-2023-2745 through included software libraries and plugins.



References


Websites affected by CVE-2023-2745

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2023-2745. Please click on the "Contact us" button above to get more information.
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