Name: CVE-2023-6583: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-6583, CWE-98, CWE-22, CVSS 6.6, EPSS 0.01896

The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.24.2 via the Recurring Import functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access and above, to read and delete the contents of arbitrary files on the server including wp-config.php, which can contain sensitive information.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.6
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Import Users From Csv With Meta Plugin	—	Update import-users-from-csv-with-meta plugin to version 1.24.3, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Dec 8, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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