Name: CVE-2017-14719: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Published: 2017-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-14719, CWE-22, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.50739

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack during unzip operations in the ZipArchive and PclZip components.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	View advisory ↗	debian-upgrade-wordpress	Oct 12, 2017	Sep 23, 2017
Freebsd	View advisory ↗	freebsd-upgrade-package-wordpress	Sep 29, 2017	Sep 29, 2017
Ubuntu	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	no-fix-ubuntu-package	Jun 26, 2025	Sep 23, 2017
Wordpress	View advisory ↗	wordpress-upgrade-4_8_2	Oct 12, 2017	Sep 23, 2017

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