CVE-2023-2745

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, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-3462-1, DSA-5685-1
Debian Bugs	1036296

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.7.14+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	6.8.1+dfsg1-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.8.3+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	buster	5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1	DLA-3462-1
wordpress	source	bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	DSA-5685-1
wordpress	source	bookworm	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	DSA-5685-1
wordpress	source	(unstable)	6.2.1+dfsg1-1		1036296

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=55765&new=55765
https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/wordpress-6-2-1-maintenance-security-release/