9.3

CVE-2008-4769: wordpress Path Traversal

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-4769
Published 28-10-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4769 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 8.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 2.5.1.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.97%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1871-1DSA-1871-2

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

8.97%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.97% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
8.97%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    WordPress Core 2.3.3 - 'cat' Directory Traversal

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress≤ 2.3.3 (fixed in 2.5.1) | 2.5 (fixed in 2.5.1)
  • wordpressEOL≤ 2.3.3 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.2:beta_2 | 0.6.2.1 | 0.6.2.1:beta_2 | 0.7 | 0.71 | 0.71-gold | 0.72 | 0.72:beta1 | 0.72:beta2 | 0.72:rc1 | 0.711 | 1.0 | 1.0-platinum | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1-miles | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2-blakey | 1.2 | 1.2:beta | 1.2-delta | 1.2-mingus | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.3.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5-strayhorn | 1.5.1 | 1.5.1.1 | 1.5.1.2 | 1.5.1.3 | 1.5.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.10_rc1 | 2.0.10_rc2 | 2.0.11 | 2.1 | 2.1:alpha_3 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.3_rc1 | 2.1.3_rc2 | 2.2 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2_revision5002 | 2.2_revision5003 | 2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.1:rc1 | 2.3.2 | 2.5
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 2.5.1-1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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