Description
The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation during the comments import process, in versions up to, and including, 2.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
The issue was partially fixed in version 2.3.8 and fully fixed in 2.3.9
Published: 2024-10-11
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 47.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:45:00 +0000

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Description The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation during the comments import process, in versions up to, and including, 2.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The issue was partially fixed in version 2.3.8 and fully fixed in 2.3.9
Title WordPress Comments Import & Export <= 2.3.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:44:54.211Z

Reserved: 2024-08-05T20:18:17.021Z

Link: CVE-2024-7514

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-11T14:58:48.348Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-10-11T13:15:16.800

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-7514

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