CVE-2024-7514

MEDIUM EPSS 59.7%

Published Oct 11, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

6.5 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Oct 11, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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

CVSS Details

Base Score

6.5

Exploitability

2.8

Impact

3.6

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

59.7% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

References 2

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comments-import-export-woocommerce/tags/2.3.7/includes/importer/class-hf_cmt_impexpcsv-import.php#L346
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/30a79974-ee61-4764-8864-89659b1848a4?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.