PT-2005-5146 · WordPress · Wordpress

Dedi Dwianto · Published 2005-12-21 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-4463

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 1.5.2 WordPress version 2.0.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests to various PHP files, including "wp-includes/vars.php", "wp-content/plugins/hello.php", "wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php", "wp-admin/edit-form.php", "wp-settings.php", and "wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php". These requests can leak the path in an error message related to undefined functions or failed includes.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 1.5.2, update to version 1.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. For WordPress version 2.0.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the mentioned PHP files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4463

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 11

• 🔥 http://echo.or.id/adv/adv24-theday-2005.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4463 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4463 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/419994/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://neosecurityteam.net/advisories/Advisory-17.txt · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4463 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/419999/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/286 · Note