Path Traversal in Wordpress

CVE-2008-0196

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/ or (2) the import parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by discovering the full path via a request for the \..\..\wp-config pathname; and allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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