# CVE-2023-46784: WordPress ICS Calendar plugin <= 10.12.0.3 - SSRF and Arbitrary File Read vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit SSRF and path traversal in the ICS Calendar plugin to read arbitrary files and access internal resources.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** CVE-2023-5755, GHSA-r33x-hqm4-h3rc

## What is CVE-2023-46784?

CVE-2023-46784 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Room 34 Creative Services, LLC ICS Calendar, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Room 34 Creative Services, LLC ICS Calendar ics-calendar allows Absolute Path Traversal, : Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects ICS Calendar: from n/a through 10.12.0.3.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46784?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-46784?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46784 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-46784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-46784 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-46784 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Room 34 Creative Services, LLC ICS Calendar, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Room 34 Creative Services, LLC ICS Calendar. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46784/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46784
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46784
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-46784

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46784/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.