CVE-2008-0194

WordPress Core <= 2.0.3 - Denial of Service

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2006-5705.1.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en wp-db-backup.php de WordPress 2.0.3 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos leer y borrar archivos de su elección, y provocar una denegación de servicio mediante un .. (punto punto) en el parámetro backup en una acción wp-db-backup.php de wp-admin/edit.php. NOTA: esta podría ser la misma que CVE-2006-5705.1.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-07-29 CVE Published
2008-01-09 CVE Reserved
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29014	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539	Third Party Advisory
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument755.html	X_refsource_misc
http://websecurity.com.ua/1676	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27123	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502	2018-10-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 2.0.3 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 2.0.3"		-		Affected