THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6767
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6767

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
wp-admin/upgrade.php in WordPress, probably 2.6.x, allows remote attackers to upgrade the application, and possibly cause a denial of service (application outage), via a direct request.
Affected vendor
Wordpress
Affected product
Wordpress
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2009-04-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6767

  • Confirm whether Wordpress Wordpress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6767.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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