Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800124
Category:	Web application abuses
Title:	WordPress cat Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Summary:	WordPress is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: WordPress is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to improper validation of input passed via cat parameter to index.php which is not properly sanitized in the get_category_template() function. Vulnerability Impact: Successful attack could lead to execution of arbitrary PHP code and can even access sensitive information. Affected Software/OS: WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier. Solution: Update to Version 2.5.1 or later. CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4769 BugTraq ID: 28845 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845 Debian Security Information: DSA-1871 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7586 http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29949 XForce ISS Database: wordpress-cat-directory-traversal(41920) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41920
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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