Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in Skippy WP-DB-Backup plugin for WordPress 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticat…

published 2006-08-17 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4198

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 12.1%; EPSS 12.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

distros 1

wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.5-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4208

Timeline

2006-08-14 First public exploit (EDB-28382)
2006-08-17 Published

Exploit prediction

12.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-28382 WordPress Plugin WP-DB Backup 1.6/1.7 - 'edit.php' Directory Traversal webapps, 2006-08-14
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19504 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

securityfocus.com /bid/19504
vdb-entry, exploit
secunia.com /advisories/21486
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
trac.wordpress.org /changeset/4095
skippy.net /blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-db-backup/
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/28375
vdb-entry
securityreason.com /securityalert/1401
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /archive/1/443181/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/3280
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2006-4208
NVD CVE-2006-4208

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Summary