What is CVE-2024-43165?

CVE-2024-43165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rashid87 Wpsection, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-43165?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-43165 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Rashid87 Wpsection

CVE-2024-43165

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Rashid87 WPSection allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WPSection: from n/a through 1.3.8.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Rashid87 Wpsection — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

audit@patchstack.com (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43165?: CVE-2024-43165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rashid87 Wpsection, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-43165?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-43165 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.