WordPress Core < 2.1 - Directory Traversal

6.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2007-0541
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 24, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Blake Matheny

Description

WordPress allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files, and possibly read portions of certain files, via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a local pathname, which triggers different fault codes for existing and non-existing files, and in certain configurations causes a brief file excerpt to be published as a blog comment.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.1

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