# CVE-2023-5414: Icegram Express <= 5.6.23 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

> Administrators can exploit a directory traversal flaw in the Icegram Express plugin to read arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx55-4qhm-8qw2

## What is CVE-2023-5414?

CVE-2023-5414 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress, published on 20 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Icegram Express plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 5.6.23 via the show_es_logs function. This allows administrator-level attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information including those belonging to other sites, for example in shared hosting environments.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5414?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Icegram Icegram Express.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5414?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5414 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5414 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress

- [CVE-2024-5756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5756/): SQL injection in Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4845/): Icegram Express <= 5.7.22 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection Vulnerability via options[list_id] (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0671/): Email Subscribers < 5.7.50 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Template (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-45810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45810/): WordPress Email Subscribers & Newsletters Plugin <= 5.5.2 is vulnerable to CSV Injection (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-21748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21748/): WordPress Icegram Engage plugin <= 3.1.21 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5414 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5414 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress, published on 20 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress. 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-2023-5414/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5414/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5414
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5414
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5414

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5414/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.