Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wordpress | 2.0.5-0.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wordpress | 2.0.5-0.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wordpress | 2.0.5-0.1 | — |
References
- http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/changes-in-wordpress-205/
- http://wordpress.org/development/2006/10/205-ronan/
- GLSA-200611-10 vendor-advisory
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.027 vendor-advisory
- 22942 third-party-advisory
- 20869 vdb-entry
- 22683 third-party-advisory
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4226
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
- ADV-2006-4307 vdb-entry