WordPress Core < 2.5 - Full Path Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2008-0191
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	December 16, 2007
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Eugene Dokukin

Description

WordPress 2.2.x and 2.3.x allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid p parameter in an rss2 action to the default URI, which reveals the full path and the SQL database structure.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Core
Software Slug	wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.4
Patched Version	2.5

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