CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14719

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to system files, potentially leading to the exposure of sensitive data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update WordPress to version 4.8.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS