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WordPress Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-4769 - Vulnerability Database
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WordPress Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-4769

Critical
Reference: CVE-2008-4769
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4769
Title: WordPress Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier and 2.5 allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.