WordPress component: Filesystem traversal

WordPress component is affected by filesystem traversal. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.

CVE / CNA score 6.0 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 6.0 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: WordPress component
Plugin slug: Not applicable
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Nov 04, 2006
Weakness: NVD-CWE-Other

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

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

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to read or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) backup and (2) fragment parameters in a GET request.

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

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources