What is CVE-2023-2252?

CVE-2023-2252 is a low-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2024-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-2252?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2252 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Wpwax Directorist

CVE-2023-2252

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion as it does not validate the file parameter when importing CSV files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-01-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpwax Directorist
Directorist — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/9da6eede-10d0-4609-8b97-4a5d38fa8e69/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2252?: CVE-2023-2252 is a low-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Directorist, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2024-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-2252?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2252 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.