WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-32111
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published June 24, 2024
Last Updated June 25, 2024
Researcher apple502j, Rafie Muhammad, Edouard L, David Fifield, x89, mishre
Description

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in various versions up to 6.5.5 via the Template Part block. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include arbitrary HTML Files on sites running Windows.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1
  • 4.1 - 4.1.40
  • 4.2 - 4.2.37
  • 4.3 - 4.3.33
  • 4.4 - 4.4.32
  • 4.5 - 4.5.31
  • 4.6 - 4.6.28
  • 4.7 - 4.7.28
  • 4.8 - 4.8.24
  • 4.9 - 4.9.25
  • 5.0 - 5.0.21
  • 5.1 - 5.1.18
  • 5.2 - 5.2.20
  • 5.3 - 5.3.17
  • 5.4 - 5.4.15
  • 5.5 - 5.5.14
  • 5.6 - 5.6.13
  • 5.7 - 5.7.11
  • 5.8 - 5.8.9
  • 5.9 - 5.9.9
  • 6.0 - 6.0.8
  • 6.1 - 6.1.6
  • 6.2 - 6.2.5
  • 6.3 - 6.3.4
  • 6.4 - 6.4.4
  • 6.5 - 6.5.4
Patched Version
  • 4.1.41
  • 4.2.38
  • 4.3.34
  • 4.4.33
  • 4.5.32
  • 4.6.29
  • 4.7.29
  • 4.8.25
  • 4.9.26
  • 5.0.22
  • 5.1.19
  • 5.2.21
  • 5.3.18
  • 5.4.16
  • 5.5.15
  • 5.6.14
  • 5.7.12
  • 5.8.10
  • 5.9.10
  • 6.0.9
  • 6.1.7
  • 6.2.6
  • 6.3.5
  • 6.4.5
  • 6.5.5
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