CVE-2008-0194 Information

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files delete arbitrary files and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2006-5705.1.

Reference

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29014 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539 http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument755.html http://websecurity.com.ua/1676/ http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27123