PT-2009-2231 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2009-04-28 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2008-6762

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WordPress versions 2.6.x

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the backto parameter in the wp-admin/upgrade.php endpoint.

Recommendations: For WordPress versions 2.6.x, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent remote attackers from redirecting users to arbitrary web sites.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6762

DSA-1871-1

DSA-1871-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 9

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0226.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6762 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6762 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50382 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/52213 · Note