PT-2008-1839 · WordPress · Wordpress

Mustlive · Published 2008-01-10 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0194

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions 2.0.3 and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.

Recommendations For WordPress versions 2.0.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.0.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-db-backup.php file and the wp-admin/edit.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the backup parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0194

DSA-1502-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 13

• 🔥 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0194 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0194 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29014 · Note
• http://websecurity.com.ua/1676 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539 · Note
• http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument755.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27123 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0194 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded · Note