WordPress Core <= 2.0.3 - Denial of Service

2006-07-29 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0.4

Affected CoreWordPress 2.0

Affected Version<= 2.0.3

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2008-0194

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Vulnerability Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2006-5705.1.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0194 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f998b76-9fa8-47c4-a95b-bdb5db5893e4

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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