CVE-2023-2252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion as it does not validate the file parameter when importing CSV files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09487.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Directorist

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 7.5.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpwax:directorist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wpwax Subscribe	Directorist Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9da6eede-10d0-4609-8b97-4a5d38fa8e69/

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:55:41.055Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:09:55.739Z

Reserved: 2023-04-24T13:20:39.810Z

Link: CVE-2023-2252

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:19:14.094Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:10.773

Modified: 2025-06-02T15:15:22.787

Link: CVE-2023-2252

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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