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Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 10, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-0196

GHSA ID

GHSA-752f-j58r-mc8q

Source code

No known source code

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