PT-2009-2236 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2009-04-28 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2008-6767

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

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

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to upgrade the application and possibly cause a denial of service via a direct request to the wp-admin/upgrade.php endpoint.

Recommendations: For WordPress versions 2.6.x, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/upgrade.php endpoint to prevent unauthorized upgrades and potential denial of service.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6767

DSA-1871-1

DSA-1871-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 8

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0226.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6767 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6767 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6767 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50384 · Note