OS Command Injection Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.5.1-9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563004
  • published30 Oct 2008
  • disclosed30 Oct 2008

Introduced: 30 Oct 2008

CVE-2008-4796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 2.5.1-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _httpsrequest function (Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php) in Snoopy 1.2.3 and earlier, as used in (1) ampache, (2) libphp-snoopy, (3) mahara, (4) mediamate, (5) opendb, (6) pixelpost, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in https URLs.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1