CVE-2008-4769
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Path traversal
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29949Advisory
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845Exploit