Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5816
CVE-2023-5816
Description
The Code Explorer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary external file reading in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This is due to the fact that the plugin does not restrict accessing files to those outside of the WordPress instance, though the intention of the plugin is to only access WordPress related files. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to read files outside of the WordPress instance.
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