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CVE-2006-4208

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Skippy.Net Wp-Db Backup Plugin For Wordpress: 1.6, 1.7

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21486
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401
• http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504
• http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21486
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401
• http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded

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