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CVE-2008-4769

N/A
Published: October 28, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

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.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29949
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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