CWE
22
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2008-4769: Path Traversal

First published: Tue Oct 28 2008(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
WordPress<=2.3.3
WordPress=0.6.2
WordPress=0.6.2-beta_2
WordPress=0.6.2.1
WordPress=0.6.2.1-beta_2
WordPress=0.7
WordPress=0.71
WordPress=0.71-gold
WordPress=0.72
WordPress=0.72-beta1
WordPress=0.72-beta2
WordPress=0.72-rc1
WordPress=0.711
WordPress=1.0
WordPress=1.0-platinum
WordPress=1.0.1
WordPress=1.0.1-miles
WordPress=1.0.2
WordPress=1.0.2-blakey
WordPress=1.2
WordPress=1.2-beta
WordPress=1.2-delta
WordPress=1.2-mingus
WordPress=1.2.1
WordPress=1.2.2
WordPress=1.3.1
WordPress=1.4
WordPress=1.5
WordPress=1.5-strayhorn
WordPress=1.5.1
WordPress=1.5.1.1
WordPress=1.5.1.2
WordPress=1.5.1.3
WordPress=1.5.2
WordPress=1.6
WordPress=2.0
WordPress=2.0.1
WordPress=2.0.2
WordPress=2.0.3
WordPress=2.0.4
WordPress=2.0.5
WordPress=2.0.6
WordPress=2.0.7
WordPress=2.0.8
WordPress=2.0.9
WordPress=2.0.10
WordPress=2.0.10_rc1
WordPress=2.0.10_rc2
WordPress=2.0.11
WordPress=2.1
WordPress=2.1-alpha_3
WordPress=2.1.1
WordPress=2.1.2
WordPress=2.1.3
WordPress=2.1.3_rc1
WordPress=2.1.3_rc2
WordPress=2.2
WordPress=2.2.0
WordPress=2.2.1
WordPress=2.2.2
WordPress=2.2.3
WordPress=2.2_revision5002
WordPress=2.2_revision5003
WordPress=2.3
WordPress=2.3.1
WordPress=2.3.1-rc1
WordPress=2.3.2
WordPress=2.5

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