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

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