CVE-2023-23872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in German Mesky GMAce allows Path Traversal.This issue affects GMAce: from n/a through 1.5.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gmace/wordpress-gmace-plugin-1-5-2-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T06:31:18.140Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:03.603Z

Reserved: 2023-01-19T11:32:48.330Z

Link: CVE-2023-23872

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:26.724Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-17T07:15:48.920

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-23872

Redhat

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