Skippy WP-DB Backup (Legacy Plugin) <= 1.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Skippy WP-DB Backup (Legacy Core Plugin)
- Affected Version
<= 1.7- CVSS
- 5.5Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2006-4208
At a glance
CVE-2006-4208 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Skippy WP-DB Backup (Legacy Core Plugin) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed August 2006, reported by marc & shb from ssteam.
Vulnerability Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in the Skippy WP-DB-Backup legacy 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.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Reaching this weakness in Skippy WP-DB Backup (Legacy Core Plugin) <= 1.7 takes an account at Admin level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Skippy WP-DB Backup (Legacy Core Plugin) yet, so installs running <= 1.7 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Admin access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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