Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-7514

Medium

Published: 11 October 2024

Published
11 October 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.4744 97.8th percentile
Risk Priority 41 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-7514 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation in the comments import process. The flaw affects versions up to and including 2.3.7 and is tracked as CWE-22 path traversal with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5.

Authenticated users with Author-level privileges or higher can exploit the issue during import operations to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive configuration data or other restricted information.

The vulnerability was partially addressed in version 2.3.8 and fully resolved in 2.3.9; site administrators should update the plugin to the latest release. The referenced Wordfence advisory and plugin source code confirm the file-handling weakness in the import class.

EPSS remains flat at a peak of 0.4744 with no material increase observed after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation during the comments import process, in versions up to, and including, 2.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated…

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attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The issue was partially fixed in version 2.3.8 and fully fixed in 2.3.9

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

Wordpress
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References