CVE-2006-4208 Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.0.5-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
27.17% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-WORDPRESS-11773585
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed17 Aug 2006

Introduced: 17 Aug 2006

CVE-2006-4208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 wordpress to version 2.0.5-0.1 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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter to edit.php.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1