Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-6160

Low

Published: 22 November 2023

Published
22 November 2023
Modified
08 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0165 82.4th percentile
Risk Priority 8 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-6160 is a low-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Lifterlms Lifterlms. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 17.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 7.4.2 via the maybe_serve_export function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator or LMS manager access…

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and above, to read the contents of arbitrary CSV files on the server, which can contain sensitive information as well as removing those files from the server.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

lifterlms
lifterlms
≤ 7.4.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References