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Moment.js <= 2.29.1 — Directory Traversal

0315f5de-7a46-4e16-b080-557ddfd180a2Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.1.0Update to 4.2.0 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High7.5
CVSS
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:H Integrity
High
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

ElasticPress elasticpress

  1. Affected≤ 4.1.0
  2. Patched in4.2.0

Update to 4.2.0 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.1.0. Version 4.2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under ElasticPress.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 4.2.0, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch ElasticPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

The Javascript library moment.js is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability in versions up to, and including, 2.29.1. This makes it possible for attackers to read files outside of the accessed site's root directory leading to information disclosure.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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