CVE-2008-4769

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 28, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4769: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix