CVE-2008-0194 — Path Traversal in Wordpress

CWE-22 — Path Traversal4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV6.0
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedJan 10
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2006-5705.1.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 2.1.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 2.1.0-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wjp2-fcqj-8w42: Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2008-0194: Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup↗2008-01-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2008-0194: wordpress - Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and ear...↗2008
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CVE-2008-0194 — Path Traversal in Debian Wordpress | cvebase