vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: mw-wp-form: CVE-2023-28409: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 8, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

The MW WP Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 via the _file_upload function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to upload files of allowed types to arbitrary directories on the site.

Solution

mw-wp-form-plugin-cve-2023-28409
Title
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