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CVE-2008-0196
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument762.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument768.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument772.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument773.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1679/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1683/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1686/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1687/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded