{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5816 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-5816 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in qriouslad Code Explorer, published on 30 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5816 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-5816 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in qriouslad Code Explorer, published on 30 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5816 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: qriouslad Code Explorer. 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-2023-5816/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5816/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-5816","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5816/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-5816","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-g463-pw3x-jmj3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary files outside the WordPress instance due to insufficient path restrictions in the Code Explorer plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"code_explorer","vendor":"bowo"}],"cvss":{"score":4.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-73","name":"External Control of File Name or Path"}],"description":"The Code Explorer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary external file reading in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This is due to the fact that the plugin does not restrict accessing files to those outside of the WordPress instance, though the intention of the plugin is to only access WordPress related files. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to read files outside of the WordPress instance.","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":"Code Explorer \u003c= 1.4.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) External File Reading","id":"CVE-2023-5816","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":"Neon text \u003c= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2023-5817"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"File upload in Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News","id":"CVE-2023-5815"},"products":["Code Explorer"],"published":"2024-10-30","related":[],"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":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["qriouslad"]},"summary":"Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary files outside the WordPress instance due to insufficient path restrictions in the Code Explorer plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5816/"}