6.1

CVE-2008-6762: wordpress Link Following

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-6762
Published 28-04-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6762 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Link Following vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.8.1.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
2.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

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

Timeline

  1. 28-04-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the backto parameter.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.10% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 2.8.3-1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links