CVE-2008-0196

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

WordPress: through 2.0.11

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument762.html
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument768.html
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument772.html
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument773.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/1679/
http://websecurity.com.ua/1683/
http://websecurity.com.ua/1686/
http://websecurity.com.ua/1687/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html

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