CVE-2008-4769

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4769
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-28 10:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2 beta_2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1 beta_2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71-gold All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.711 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 beta1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 beta2 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-platinum All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1-miles All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2-blakey All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 beta All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-delta All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-mingus All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5-strayhorn All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10_rc1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10_rc2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.11 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.8 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 alpha_3 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3_rc1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3_rc2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2_revision5002 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2_revision5003 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 rc1 All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changeset 7586 - WordPress Trac - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.wordpress.org
WordPress 'cat' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.juniper.fi
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
WordPress 'cat' Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
WordPress "cat" Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1871-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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