What is CVE-2008-2146?

CVE-2008-2146 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2008-05-12.

Is CVE-2008-2146 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wordpress

CVE-2008-2146

wp-includes/vars.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 does not properly extract the current path from the PATH_INFO ($PHP_SELF), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for certain pages.

EPSS: 0.027 (84.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 0.6.2, 0.6.2.1, 0.7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-2146?: CVE-2008-2146 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2008-05-12.
Is CVE-2008-2146 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.