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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-4208
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter to edit.php.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21486
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095
- http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280
Affected Vendor
skippy.net
View all reports →Affected Software
wp-db backup plugin for wordpress
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6, 1.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 17th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.