CVE-2023-6160 LifterLMS <= 7.4.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary CSV File Deletion

What is CVE-2023-6160?

CVE-2023-6160 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes, published on 22 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 7.4.2 via the maybe_serve_export function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator or LMS manager access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary CSV files on the server, which can contain sensitive information as well as removing those files from the server.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6160?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lifterlms Lifterlms.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6160?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6160 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-6160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes

• CVE-2020-6008 File upload in LifterLMS Wordpress Plugin Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-15896 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-52717 WordPress LifterLMS plugin <= 8.0.6 - SQL Injection Vulnerability Critical 9.3
• CVE-2024-4743 LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning <= 7.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24562 LifterLMS < 4.21.2 - Access Other Student Grades/Answers via IDOR High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3h73-8x33-f5m4.