Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2005-4463
WordPress before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) wp-includes/vars.php, (2) wp-content/plugins/hello.php, (3) wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php, (4) wp-admin/edit-form.php, (5) wp-settings.php, and (6) wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php, which leaks the path in an error message related to undefined functions or failed includes. NOTE: the wp-admin/menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors were also reported to affect WordPress 2.0.1.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
References
- echo.or.id/adv/adv24-theday-2005.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- NeoSecurityTeam.net/advisories/Advisory-17.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426304/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419999/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419994/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/286 (third-party-advisory)