# CVE-2023-4634: Dglingren - Local File Inclusion

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2023-4634 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2023-4634

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Dglingren Media Library Assistant
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)
- **Tags:** cms, wordpress

## Description

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion and Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 3.09. This is due to insufficient controls on file paths being supplied to the 'mla_stream_file' parameter from the ~/includes/mla-stream-image.php file, where images are processed via Imagick(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply files via FTP that will make directory lists, local file inclusion, and remote code execution possible.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2023-4634](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4634) is a critical vulnerability in the Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress, enabling unauthenticated attackers to achieve local file inclusion and remote code execution by abusing improperly validated file paths during image processing.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 15th of December 2023.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2023-4634 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2023-4634 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Observed attack patterns focus on interactions with image processing functionalities exposed by the affected plugin.

## Timeline

- 2023-09-06: CVE Published. CVE-2023-4634 is published to NVD.
- 2023-12-15: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2023-4634 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-12-04: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2023-4634 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/Patrowl/CVE-2023-4634/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-4634.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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