CVE-2006-5705

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS

6.0

EPSS

3.4%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Wordpress

Affected product

Wordpress

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-11-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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