CVE-2008-0194: 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…

PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

3.75%

88.7th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 2.1.0-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 2.1.0-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	<= 2.0.3	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.1.0-1	2.1.0-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv6.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.0MEDIUM

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