CVE-2008-0196: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page…

PriorityP432medium5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCPINAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

3.42%

87.4th percentile

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/ or (2) the import parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by discovering the full path via a request for the \..\..\wp-config pathname; and allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 2.3.3-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 2.3.3-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	<= 2.0.11	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.3.3-1	2.3.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.3.3-1	2.3.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.3.3-1	2.3.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.3.3-1	2.3.3-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv5.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM

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