# CVE-2023-5815: File upload in Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News

> Unauthenticated attackers can achieve remote code execution via local file inclusion in the News & Blog Designer Pack WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22hm-rh6h-j388

## What is CVE-2023-5815?

CVE-2023-5815 is a high-severity vulnerability in infornweb Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News, published on 22 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The News & Blog Designer Pack – WordPress Blog Plugin — (Blog Post Grid, Blog Post Slider, Blog Post Carousel, Blog Post Ticker, Blog Post Masonry) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 via the bdp_get_more_post function hooked via a nopriv AJAX. This is due to function utilizing an unsafe extract() method to extract values from the POST variable and passing that input to the include() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary PHP files and achieve remote code execution. On vulnerable Docker configurations it may be possible for an attacker to create a PHP file and then subsequently include it to achieve RCE.

Weakness: CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5815?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Infornweb News \& Blog Designer Pack.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5815?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5815 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5815 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5815 exists.

Public exploit code:

- News & Blog Designer Pack – WordPress Blog Plugin <= 3.4.1 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-5815.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in infornweb Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News

- [CVE-2022-4792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4792/): News & Blog Designer Pack < 3.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5815 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5815 is a high-severity vulnerability in infornweb Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News, published on 22 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5815 exists.

Affected product: infornweb Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News. 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-2023-5815/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5815/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5815
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5815
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5815

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5815/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.