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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-4769 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, a…

published 2008-10-28 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4749

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.0%
EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.5.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4769

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31670)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31670 WordPress Core 2.3.3 - 'cat' Directory Traversal webapps, 2008-04-18
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.