CVE-2023-1478 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting the Hummingbird WordPress plugin prior to version 3.4.2. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files to the server by manipulating the page cache file path. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:incsub:hummingbird:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.