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Directory Traversal Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.3.3-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363515
  • published 10 Jan 2008
  • disclosed 10 Jan 2008
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Introduced: 10 Jan 2008

CVE-2008-0196 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable 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
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NVD

5.3 medium