WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2011-3818 Modified

WordPress component: A security weakness

WordPress component is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.0 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 5.0 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WordPress component
Plugin slug
Core
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 24, 2011
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Sep 24, 2011 and is one of 45 known issues for WordPress core.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update WordPress component to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

WordPress 2.9.2 and 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by wp-admin/includes/user.php and certain other files.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources