CVE-2008-4769
published 2008-10-28CVE-2008-4769: Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote…
PriorityP350critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
8.97%
94.6th percentile
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected
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| debian | wordpress | < wordpress 2.5.1-1 (bookworm) | wordpress 2.5.1-1 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv9.3CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.3CRITICAL
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GHSA
GHSA-phhp-w7c7-3wcv: Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2008-4769 [HIGH] CWE-22 GHSA-phhp-w7c7-3wcv: Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
OSV
CVE-2008-4769: Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme
osv·2008-10-28·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-4769 [CRITICAL] CVE-2008-4769: Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Debian
CVE-2008-4769: wordpress - Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-in...
vendor_debian·2008·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-4769 [CRITICAL] CVE-2008-4769: wordpress - Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-in...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-1)
No detection rules found.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29949http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920http://secunia.com/advisories/29949http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920
2008-10-28
Published