Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-4769 First vendor Publication 2008-10-28
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-08-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4769

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 155

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-09-02 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1871-1 (wordpress)
File : nvt/deb_1871_1.nasl
2009-09-02 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1871-2 (wordpress)
File : nvt/deb_1871_2.nasl
2008-11-05 Name : WordPress cat Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability
File : nvt/gb_wordpress_dir_trav_vuln.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44591 WordPress wp-includes/theme.php get_category_template() Function cat Paramete...

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 wordpress cat parameter arbitrary file execution attempt
RuleID : 15432 - Revision : 11 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1871.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-29 Name : The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a local ...
File : wordpress_cat_file_include.nasl - Type : ACT_ATTACK

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
MISC http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586
http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/29949
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920

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