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CVE-2008-4769

Date: October 28, 2008

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4769
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845
http://secunia.com/advisories/29949
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4769
http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4769

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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