CVE-2023-45652 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Justin Silver Remote Content Shortcode allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Remote Content Shortcode: from n/a through 1.5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/remote-content-shortcode/wordpress-remote-content-shortcode-plugin-1-5-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T08:32:25.767Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:43.868Z

Reserved: 2023-10-10T12:38:22.832Z

Link: CVE-2023-45652

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:21:16.817Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-17T09:15:08.493

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

Link: CVE-2023-45652

Redhat

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