Directory Traversal Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.3.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563784
  • published10 Jan 2008
  • disclosed10 Jan 2008

Introduced: 10 Jan 2008

CVE-2008-0196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 2.3.3-1 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.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1