CVE-2008-0196
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/ or (2) the import parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by discovering the full path via a request for the \..\..\wp-config pathname; and allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0208)
- 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-2008-0208 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://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument762.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument768.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument772.html
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument773.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1679/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1683/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1686/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1687/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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