CVE-2006-4208

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28375

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3280

http://www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded

http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4095

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1401

http://secunia.com/advisories/21486

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-17

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.26435