CVE-2023-2059DedeCMS select_templets.php path traversal
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A vulnerability was found in DedeCMS 5.7.87. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file uploads/include/dialog/select_templets.php. The manipulation leads to path traversal: '..\filedir'. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225944.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- DedeCMS 5.7.87 - Directory Traversal (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-2059.yamlSeverity medium
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/ATZXC-RedTeam/cve/blob/main/dedecms.md (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
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Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
DedeCMS
- affected 5.7.87
References
References3
- https://vuldb.com/?id.225944 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.225944 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/ATZXC-RedTeam/cve/blob/main/dedecms.md (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-33585 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-2059)Record last updated .