Vulnerability in Skippy.net Wp-Db Backup Plugin For WordPress
CVE-2006-4208
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter to edit.php.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.121 (96.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.118 · newest: 0.121 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Skippy.net Wp-Db Backup Plugin For WordPress — versions 1.6, 1.7
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21486 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095
- www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1401 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280 (vdb-entry)