CVE-2008-0194
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0206)
- Published
- January 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0206 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29014
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument755.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1676/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27123
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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