CVE-2008-2146

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

wp-includes/vars.php in Wordpress before 2.2.3 does not properly extract the current path from the PATH_INFO ($PHP_SELF), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for certain pages.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 12, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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