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| 7.0 | $0-$5k | 0.71 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WordPress up to 1.1 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code of the file wp-includes/vars.php of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation of the argument $php_self) with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
wp-includes/vars.php in WordPress before 2.2.3 does not properly extract the current path from the PATH_INFO ($PHP_SELF), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for certain pages.
The weakness was disclosed 09/04/2007 as 6029 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at trac.wordpress.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2146 since 05/12/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn’t require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
Upgrading to version 1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (42379).
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WordPress 1.2
09/04/2007 🔍
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03/16/2015 🔍
07/31/2021 🔍Product: https://wordpress.com/
Advisory: 6029
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-2146 (🔍)
X-Force: 42379
OSVDB: 45188 – WordPress wp-includes/vars.php PATH_INFO Access Restriction Bypass
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 07/31/2021 22:17
Changes: (4) source_xforce advisory_identifier exploit_price_0day vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_basescore
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