PT-2011-4708 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2011-09-24 · Updated 2012-05-21 · CVE-2011-3818

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 2.9.2 through 3.0.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file. This is demonstrated by files such as wp-admin/includes/user.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Recommendations For WordPress versions 2.9.2 through 3.0.4, consider restricting access to sensitive .php files, such as wp-admin/includes/user.php, to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3818

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3818 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3818 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-3818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3818 · Vendor Advisory
• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3818 · Note
• http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/wordpress_2.9.2 · Note