{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2278 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-2278 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in wpdirectorykit WP Directory Kit, published on 13 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2278 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-2278 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in wpdirectorykit WP Directory Kit, published on 13 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2278 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: wpdirectorykit WP Directory Kit. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2278/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2278/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-2278","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2278/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-2278","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rpmj-pwv6-6rvf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in WP Directory Kit to execute arbitrary PHP code or read sensitive data.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"wp_directory_kit","vendor":"wpdirectorykit"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9 via the 'wdk_public_action' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WP Directory Kit \u003c= 1.1.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via wdk_public_action","id":"CVE-2023-2278","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in WP Directory Kit","id":"CVE-2023-2279"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WP Directory Kit \u003c= 1.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wdk_resultitem","id":"CVE-2023-2277"},"products":["WP Directory Kit"],"published":"2023-06-13","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"WP Directory Kit \u003c= 1.4.4 - Authentication Bypass to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover","id":"CVE-2025-13390","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-03"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"WP Directory Kit \u003c= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2024-3217","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-05"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress WP Directory Kit plugin \u003c= 1.3.5 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-37487","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-07-21"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress WP Directory Kit plugin \u003c= 1.2.9 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-29774","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-27"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Missing authorization in WP Directory Kit","id":"CVE-2023-2351","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-06-13"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Missing authorization in WP Directory Kit","id":"CVE-2023-2280","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-06-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["wpdirectorykit"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in WP Directory Kit to execute arbitrary PHP code or read sensitive data.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2278/"}